Lexical Definition

‎καθίζω‎ kathízō (kath-id'-zo) to seat ^G:V
another (active) form for ‎καθέζομαι‎

continue, set, sit (down), tarry.

• to seat down, i.e. set (figuratively, appoint)
• intransitively, to sit (down)
• figuratively, to settle (hover, dwell)

Abbott-Smith

καθ-ίζω, [in LXX chiefly for ישׁב;]
1. causal, to make to sit down, set, appoint: Ac 2:30, I Co 6:4, Eph 1:20.
2. Intrans., to sit down, be seated, sit: Mt 5:1, Mk 9:35, Lk 7:15, Jo 8:2, al.; c. inf. tel., I Co 10:7; seq. εἰς, II Th 2:4; ἐπί, c. acc., Mk 11:2, Jo 12:14; id. c. gen., Jo 19:13, Ac 12:21; ὧδε, Mk 14:32; αὐτοῦ, Mt 26:36; ἐν δεξιᾷ, He 1:3; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Mt 20:21, 23; ἐν, Re 3:21; καθίσας pleonastic (M, Pr., 14; Dalman, Words, 22), Mt 13:48, Lk 5:3 14:31 16:6; of settling in a place (ἐς χωρίον, Thuc., iv, 93), seq. ἐν, Lk 24:49 (cf. ἀνα-, ἐπι-, παρα-, περι-, συν-καθίζω).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

καθίζω,

Ionic dialect κατ-, imperfect κάθιζον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future καθέσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθίσω (intransitive) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Ionic dialect κατίσω (transitive) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect also καθιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect καθιξῶ [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: aorist 1 καθεῖσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]subjunctive καθέσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive καθέσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry κάθεσσα [Refs 5th c.BC+] codices; this aorist καθεῖσα has Ms. authority in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also Epic dialect participle καθίσσας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect καθίξας [Refs 3rd c.BC+]subjunctive καθίξῃ[Refs]; late participle καθιζήσας, subjunctive -ζήσῃ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect κεκάθῐκα [NT+1st c.BC+]:—middle, imperfect ἐκαθιζόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future καθιζήσομαι [NT+5th c.BC+] -ιοῦμαι [LXX]: aorist 1 καθεσσάμην [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἐκαθισσάμην [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, aorist 1 participle καθιζηθείς [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__I causal, make to sit down, seat, ἄλλους μὲν κάθισον Τρῶας [Refs 8th c.BC+].; καθιεῖν τινα εἰς τὸν θρόνον, i.e. to make him king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 set, place, τὸν μὲν.. καθεῖσεν ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόεντι Σκαμάνδρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. στρατόν encamp it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2.b post watchers, guards, etc., σκοπὸς ὅν ῥα καθεῖσεν Αἴγισθος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατίσαι φυλάκους set guards, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely of things, τι ἐπὶ τηγάνοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 set up, ἀνδριάντα κάθεσσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+] codices:—middle, καθέσσασθαι [Refs 6th c.BC+]
__I.4 cause an assembly, court, etc., to take their seats, convene, ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅταν καθέσωσιν ἀγῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but κ. τινὶ δικαστήν appoint a judge to try a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; constitute, establish, δικαστήρια [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.5 put into a certain condition, especially in the phrase κλαίοντά τινα κ set him aweeping, κλάοντα καθέσω ς᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+]. to make him weep: for [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__I.6 marry, γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας [LXX]
__II intransitive, take one's seat, sit, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι, ἐν θρόνοισι καθίζειν,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν [θώκοισι] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις or τῶν -ίων, [Refs 5th c.BC+], of rowers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of suppliants, κ. ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βωμόν, ὀμφαλόν, ἱερά, [Refs]
__II.2 sit, recline at meals, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 sit as judge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hold a session, of the πρόεδροι, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.4 reside, μετά τινος [LXX]; ἐν πόλει[LXX]
__II.5 settle, sink down, ἐπὶ τὰ ἰσχία καθίσαι τὼ ἵππω [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.6 of ships, run aground, be stranded, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III middle in intransitive sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐὰν δὲ καθίζεσθαι κελεύσῃ if he order them to take their seats (among the spectators in the theatre), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καθίζεσθαι ἢ κατακλινῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 of birds, settle, alight, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.3 leave goods purchased in a market, [Refs 3rd c.BC+].--Attic dialect in this signification accusative to [Refs 5th c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Heb.12.2 ☩ Matt.19.28 ☩ LXX.Mal.3.3 ☩ LXX.Neh.13.27 ☩ LXX.Ruth.2.23 ☩ LXX.Neh.11.1}