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Lexicon :: Strong's G2521 - kathēmai

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κάθημαι
Transliteration
kathēmai (Key)
Pronunciation
kath'-ay-mahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From κατά (G2596), and hemai (to sit, akin to the base of ἑδραῖος (G1476))
mGNT
91x in 18 unique form(s) TR
89x in 19 unique form(s) LXX
145x in 28 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:440,386

Strong’s Definitions

κάθημαι káthēmai, kath'-ay-mahee; from G2596; and ἧμαι hēmai (to sit; akin to the base of G1476); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside:—dwell, sit (by, down).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 89x

The KJV translates Strong's G2521 in the following manner: sit (82x), sit down (3x), sit by (2x), be set down (1x), dwell (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 89x
The KJV translates Strong's G2521 in the following manner: sit (82x), sit down (3x), sit by (2x), be set down (1x), dwell (1x).

  1. to sit down, seat one's self

  2. to sit, be seated, of a place occupied

    1. to have a fixed abode, to dwell

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κάθημαι káthēmai, kath'-ay-mahee; from G2596; and ἧμαι hēmai (to sit; akin to the base of G1476); to sit down; figuratively, to remain, reside:—dwell, sit (by, down).
STRONGS G2521:
κάθημαι, 2 person singular κάθῃ a later form for κάθησαι (Acts 23:3), imperative κάθου for κάθησο (yet cf. Kühner, as below) (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 359; Krüger, § 38, 6f i., p. 147; Kühner, § 301 i., p. 671; Winers Grammar, § 14, 4; (Buttmann, 49 (42))) (subjunctive 2 person plural κάθησθε, Luke 22:30 Tr marginal reading; but WH text κάθησθε; see Veitch, under the word; Krüger, § 38, 6, 1 (cf. καθίζω), infinitive καθῆσθαι, participle καθήμενος); imperfect ἐκαθήμην; and once the rare (cf. Veitch, p. 347) future καθήσομαι, Luke 22:30 T Tr text WH marginal reading (so WH in Matthew 19:28 also; cf. καθίζω, at the end); (ἧμαι); a verb of which only the present and imperfect are in use in classical Greek (cf. Buttmann, 60 (52)); the Sept. for יָשַׁב;
1. to sit down, seat oneself: followed by ἐν with the dative of place (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 9), Mark 4:1; Luke 22:55 (here T Tr WH μέσος); εἰς, Mark 13:3 (Buttmann, § 147, 16); μετά with the genitive of person, Matthew 26:58; κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, i. e. be a partner of my power, Matthew 22:44; Mark 12:36 (Tr text WH marginal reading κάθισον); Luke 20:42; Acts 2:34; Hebrews 1:13 (Psalm 109:1 (Ps. 110:1)); κάθου ὧδε ὑπό with the accusative, James 2:3. παρά with the accusative of place, Matthew 13:1; ἐπάνω with the genitive of place, Matthew 28:2; with ἐκεῖ, Matthew 15:29; John 6:3 (Tdf. ἐκαθέζετο); the place to be supplied from the context, Matthew 13:2.
2. to sit, be seated, of a place occupied: followed by ἐν with the dative of place (Winer's Grammar, as under 1), Matthew 11:16; Matthew 26:69; ἐν τῇ δεξιά τοῦ Θεοῦ, Colossians 3:1; ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς, Mark 16:5; ἐπί τίνος, Matthew 24:3; Matthew 27:19; (Acts 20:9 R G); ἐπί τοῦ θρόνου (but also, especially in the critical editions, with the dative and the accusative (see below); cf. Alford on the following passages), Revelation 4:2 etc.; τῆς νεφέλης (or with the accusative), Revelation 14:15, and in other examples; ἐπί τίνι, Acts 3:10; ἐπί τί (cf. Buttmann, 338 (291)), Matthew 9:9; Mark 2:14; Luke 5:27; John 12:15; Revelation 4:4; Revelation 6:2 (R dative (as in the following)) Revelation 6:4; Revelation 11:16; Revelation 17:3; Revelation 19:11; παρά τήν ὁδόν, Matthew 20:30; Mark 10:46; Luke 18:35; πρός τό φῶς, Luke 22:56; ἐπάνω τίνος, Matthew 23:22; Revelation 6:8; περί τινα, Mark 3:32, 34; ἀπέναντι τίνος, Matthew 27:61; ἐκ δεξιῶν τίνος, Matthew 26:64; Mark 14:62; Luke 22:69; ἐκεῖ, Mark 2:6; οὗ, where, Acts 2:2 (L καθεζόμενοι); Revelation 17:15; without specification of place, Mark 5:15; Luke 5:17; Luke 8:35; John 2:14; John 9:8; 1 Corinthians 14:30. κάθημαι as descriptive of a certain state or condition is used of those who sit in discharging their office, as judges, κάθῃ κρίνων, Acts 23:3; of a queen, equivalent to to occupy the throne, to reign (A. V. I sit a queen), Revelation 18:7; of money-changers, John 2:14; of mourners and penitents: ἐν σάκκῳ, clothed in sackcloth, ἐν σποδῷ, covered with ashes, Luke 10:13; of those who, enveloped in darkness, cannot walk about, Matthew 4:16; Luke 1:79 (Isaiah 42:7); of a lame man, Acts 14:8. equivalent to to have a fixed abode, to dwell: ἐπί πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, Luke 21:35; Revelation 14:6 (where Rec. κατοικοῦντας); ἐπί θρόνον, Revelation 20:11 G T (WH marginal reading; but see above); ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, Nehemiah 11:6; (ἐν ὄρει Σαμαρείας, Sir. 50:26. Compare: συγκάθημαι).
καθημέρανκαθημέραν, equivalent to καθ' ἡμέραν, see ἡμέρα, 2, p. 278{a}.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Nehemiah
11:6
Psalms
109:1; 110:1
Isaiah
42:7
Matthew
4:16; 9:9; 11:16; 13:1; 13:2; 15:29; 19:28; 20:30; 22:44; 23:22; 24:3; 26:58; 26:64; 26:69; 27:19; 27:61; 28:2
Mark
2:6; 2:14; 3:32; 3:34; 4:1; 5:15; 10:46; 12:36; 13:3; 14:62; 16:5
Luke
1:79; 5:17; 5:27; 8:35; 10:13; 18:35; 20:42; 21:35; 22:30; 22:30; 22:55; 22:56; 22:69
John
2:14; 2:14; 6:3; 9:8; 12:15
Acts
2:2; 2:34; 3:10; 14:8; 20:9; 23:3; 23:3
1 Corinthians
14:30
Colossians
3:1
Hebrews
1:13
James
2:3
Revelation
4:2; 4:4; 6:2; 6:4; 6:8; 11:16; 14:6; 14:15; 17:3; 17:15; 18:7; 19:11; 20:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2521 matches the Greek κάθημαι (kathēmai),
which occurs 89 times in 87 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:16 - The people who sat in darkness saw a great light, To those who sat in the region and shadow of death, To them light has dawned."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:9 - As Yeshua passed by from there, he saw a man called Mattityahu sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, "Follow me." He got up and followed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:16 - "But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:1 - On that day Yeshua went out of the house, and sat by the seaside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:2 - Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:29 - Yeshua departed there, and came near to the sea of the Galil; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:30 - Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Yeshua was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:44 - 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:22 - He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:3 - As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the talmidim came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:58 - But Rock followed him from a distance, to the court of the Kohen Gadol, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:64 - Yeshua said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, henceforth you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:69

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:69 - Now Rock was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, "You were also with Yeshua, from the Galil!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:19 - While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:36 - and they sat and watched him there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:61 - Miryam from Magdala was there, and the other Miryam, sitting opposite the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:2 - Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:6 - But there were some of the Sofrim sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:14 - As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Halfai, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he arose and followed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:32 - A multitude was sitting around him, and they told him, "Behold, your mother, your brothers, and your sisters are outside looking for you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:34 - Looking around at those who sat around him, he said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:1 - Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:15 - They came to Yeshua, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:46 - They came to Yericho. As he went out from Yericho, with his talmidim and a great multitude, the son of Timai, Bar-Timai, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:36 - For David himself said in the Ruach HaKodesh, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:3 - As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Rock, Ya`akov, Yochanan, and Andrai asked him privately,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:62 - Yeshua said, "I AM. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:5 - Entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were amazed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:79 - To shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of shalom."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:17 - It happened on one of those days, that he was teaching; and there were Perushim and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of the Galil, Yehudah, and Yerushalayim. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:27 - After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:32 - They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:35 - People went out to see what had happened. They came to Yeshua, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Yeshua's feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13 - "Woe to you, Kora'zin! Woe to you, Beit-Tzaidah! For if the mighty works had been done in Tzor and Tzidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:35 - It happened, as he came near Yericho, a certain blind man sat by the road, begging.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:42 - David himself says in the book of Tehillim, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:35 - For it will come like a snare on all those who dwell on the surface of all the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:55 - When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and had sat down together, Rock sat among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:56 - A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:69 - From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:14 - He found in the temple those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, and the changers of money sitting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:3 - Yeshua went up into the mountain, and he sat there with his talmidim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:8 - The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:15 - "Don't be afraid, daughter of Tziyon. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey's colt."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:2 - Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:34 - For David didn't ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:10 - They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Yafeh Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:28 - He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Yesha`yahu.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:8 - At Lystra a certain man sat, impotent in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:9 - A certain young man named Eutychus sat in the window, weighed down with deep sleep. As Sha'ul spoke still longer, being weighed down by his sleep, he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.

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