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Lexicon :: Strong's G2523 - kathizō

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καθίζω
Transliteration
kathizō (Key)
Pronunciation
kath-id'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Another (active) form for καθέζομαι (G2516)
mGNT
46x in 14 unique form(s)
TR
48x in 19 unique form(s)
LXX
186x in 26 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:440,386

Strong’s Definitions

καθίζω kathízō, kath-id'-zo; another (active) form for G2516; to seat down, i.e. set (figuratively, appoint); intransitively, to sit (down); figuratively, to settle (hover, dwell):—continue, set, sit (down), tarry.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's G2523 in the following manner: sit (26x), sit down (14x), set (2x), be set (2x), be set down (2x), continue (1x), tarry (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's G2523 in the following manner: sit (26x), sit down (14x), set (2x), be set (2x), be set down (2x), continue (1x), tarry (1x).
  1. to make to sit down

    1. to set, appoint, to confer a kingdom on one

  2. intransitively

    1. to sit down

    2. to sit

      1. to have fixed one's abode

      2. to sojourn, to settle, settle down

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καθίζω kathízō, kath-id'-zo; another (active) form for G2516; to seat down, i.e. set (figuratively, appoint); intransitively, to sit (down); figuratively, to settle (hover, dwell):—continue, set, sit (down), tarry.
STRONGS G2523:
καθίζω; future καθίσω (Buttmann, 37 (32)); 1 aorist ἐκάθισα (impv. 2 singular κάθισον once, Mark 12:36 Tr text WH marginal reading); perfect κεκαθικα (Mark 11:2 (not WH Tr marginal reading; Hebrews 12:2 L T Tr WH; a late form, see Veitch, under the word)); 1 aorist middle subjunctive 2 person plural καθίσησθε (Luke 22:30 Rec.); future middle καθίσομαι; from Homer down; (cf. Buttmann, 60 (52));
1. transitive, to make to sit down (κατά; which see III. 1), to set, appoint; the Sept. for הושִׁיב: τινα ἐπί θρόνου (L T Tr WH τόν θρόνον), to confer the kingdom upon one, Acts 2:30; τινα ἐν δεξιά αὐτοῦ, Ephesians 1:20; τινα, to appoint one to act as judge, 1 Corinthians 6:4 (δικαστήν, Plato, legg. 9, p. 873 e.; Polybius 40, 5, 3; συνέδριον κριτῶν, Josephus, Antiquities 20, 9, 1).
2. intransitive; the Sept. for יָשַׁב;
a. to sit down; universally, Matthew 5:1; Matthew 13:48; Mark 9:35; Luke 4:20; Luke 5:3; Luke 14:28, 31; Luke 16:6; John 8:2; Acts 13:14; Acts 16:13; with a telic infinitive 1 Corinthians 10:7; with specification of the place or seat: ἐν δεξιά τίνος, Hebrews 1:3; Hebrews 8:1; Hebrews 10:12; Hebrews 12:2; ἐπί τίνι, Mark 11:7 (Rec.); εἰς τόν ναόν, 2 Thessalonians 2:4 (Buttmann, § 147, 16; Winer's Grammar, 415 (386)); ἐπί with the accusative (cf. Buttmann, 338 (290)), Revelation 20:4; John 12:14; Mark 11:2 (7 L T Tr WH); Luke 19:30; (add Acts 2:3, see Buttmann, § 129, 17; Winer's Grammar, 516 (481)); ἐπί τοῦ βήματος, of a judge, John 19:13; Acts 12:21; Acts 25:6, 17; κατέναντι (or ἀπέναντι Tr etc.) τίνος, Mark 12:41; with adverbs of place, Mark 14:32; Matthew 26:36.
b. to sit: (absolutely (of a dead man restored to life) ἐκάθισεν sat, sat up, Luke 7:15 L marginal reading WH marginal reading); ἐν τῷ θρόνῳ, Revelation 3:21; ἐπί with the genitive of the seat, Matthew 23:2; Matthew 25:31; ἐκ δεξιῶν σου καί εἷς ἐξ εὐωνύμων σου, Matthew 20:21, 23; Mark 10:37, 40. equivalent to to have fixed one's abode, i. e. to sojourn (cf. our settle, settle down), Acts 18:11; followed by ἐν with the dative of place, Luke 24:49 (here A. V. tarry) (Exodus 16:29; Jeremiah 30:11 (Jer. 49:33); (Nehemiah 11:25)). Middle (passive? cf. Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 336f) to sit: ἐπί θρόνων, Luke 22:30 (R G L: see κάθημαι); ἐπί θρόνους, Matthew 19:28 (WH καθήσεσθε; see κάθημαι. Compare: ἀνακαθίζω, ἐπικαθίζω, παρακαθίζω, περικαθίζω, συγκαθίζω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
16:29
Nehemiah
11:25
Jeremiah
30:11; 49:33
Matthew
5:1; 13:48; 19:28; 20:21; 20:23; 23:2; 25:31; 26:36
Mark
9:35; 10:37; 10:40; 11:2; 11:2; 11:7; 12:36; 12:41; 14:32
Luke
4:20; 5:3; 7:15; 14:28; 14:31; 16:6; 19:30; 22:30; 22:30; 24:49
John
8:2; 12:14; 19:13
Acts
2:3; 2:30; 12:21; 13:14; 16:13; 18:11; 25:6; 25:17
1 Corinthians
6:4; 10:7
Ephesians
1:20
2 Thessalonians
2:4
Hebrews
1:3; 8:1; 10:12; 12:2; 12:2
Revelation
3:21; 20:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2523 matches the Greek καθίζω (kathizō),
which occurs 46 times in 45 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:1 -

When he saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:48 -

“and when it was full, they dragged it ashore, sat down, and gathered the good fish into containers, but threw out the worthless ones.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:28 -

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:21 -

“What do you want? ” he asked her.

“Promise,”[fn] she said to him, “that these two sons of mine may sit, one on your right and the other on your left, in your kingdom.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:23 -

He told them, “You will indeed drink my cup,[fn] but to sit at my right and left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:2 -

“The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:31 -

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels[fn] with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:36 -

Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he told the disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:35 -

Sitting down, he called the Twelve and said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be last and servant of all.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:37 -

They answered him, “Allow us to sit at your right and at your left in your glory.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:40 -

“But to sit at my right or left is not mine to give; instead, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2 -

and told them, “Go into the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:7 -

They brought the colt to Jesus and threw their clothes on it, and he sat on it.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:41 -

Sitting across from the temple treasury, he watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich people were putting in large sums.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:32 -

Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, and he told his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:19 -

So the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:20 -

He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:3 -

He got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then he sat down and was teaching the crowds from the boat.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:28 -

“For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:31 -

“Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:6 -

“ ‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he said.

“ ‘Take your invoice,’ he told him, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30 -

and said, “Go into the village ahead of you. As you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:49 -

“And look, I am sending you[fn] what my Father promised. As for you, stay in the city[fn] until you are empowered[fn] from on high.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:2 -

At dawn he went to the temple again, and all the people were coming to him. He sat down and began to teach them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:14 -

Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written:

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:13 -

When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside. He sat down on the judge’s seat in a place called the Stone Pavement (but in Aramaic,[fn] Gabbatha).

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:3 -

They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and rested on each one of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:30 -

“Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants[fn] on his throne.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:31 -

“How can I,” he said, “unless someone guides me? ” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:21 -

On an appointed day, dressed in royal robes and seated on the throne, Herod delivered a speech to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:14 -

They continued their journey from Perga and reached Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:13 -

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate by the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and spoke to the women gathered there.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:11 -

He stayed there a year and a half, teaching the word of God among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:6 -

When he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea. The next day, seated at the tribunal, he commanded Paul to be brought in.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:17 -

“So when they had assembled here, I did not delay. The next day I took my seat at the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:4 -

So if you have such matters, do you appoint as your judges those who have no standing in the church?

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:7 -

Don’t become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to party.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:20 -

He exercised this power in Christ by raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand in the heavens ​— ​

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:4 -

He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he sits[fn] in God’s temple, proclaiming that he himself is God.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:3 -

The Son is the radiance[fn] of God’s glory and the exact expression[fn] of his nature, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After making purification for sins,[fn] he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:1 -

Now the main point of what is being said is this: We have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:12 -

But this man, after offering one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:2 -

keeping our eyes on Jesus,[fn] the pioneer and perfecter[fn] of our faith. For the joy that lay before him,[fn] he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:21 -

“To the one who conquers I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:4 -

Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

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