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kathezomai G2516

καθέζομαι (kathezomai) means “to sit down” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

καθέζομαι Greek · G2516 7 tagged occurrences in 7 verses

Pronunciation guide: kath-ed'-zom-ahee Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2516

καθέζομαι · kathezomai · to sit down

καθ-έζομαι [in LXX: Lev.12:5, al. (יָשַׁב), Job.39:28 (שָׁכַן) ;] to sit down, sit: Jhn.20:12; before ἐν, Mat.26:55, Luk.2:46, Jhn.11:20, Act.6:15; before ἐπί, with genitive, Act.20:9; id. with dative, Jhn.4:6 (cf. παρα-καθέζ-, κάθημαι).† καθ ̓ εἷς, see: (εἷς.) (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I am sitting, sit down, am seated.

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How translators render G2516

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
sitting 2
i sat 1
sat down 1
seated 1
stayed 1
were sitting 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
sat 2
sitting 2
i sat 1
that sat 1

Verses containing G2516

Page 1 of 1. 7 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 26:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.

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  2. Luke 2:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

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  3. John 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

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  4. John 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home.

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  5. John 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.

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  6. Acts 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

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  7. Acts 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

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