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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)
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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 48 times in 46 verses in the TR Greek.

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Now when Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the [fn]mountain; and after He sat G2523 down G2523, His disciples came to Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:48

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:48 - and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat G2523 down G2523 and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:28 - And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit G2523 on [fn]His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:21 - And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She *said to Him, “Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit G2523 one on Your right and one on Your left.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:23 - He *said to them, “My cup you shall drink; but to sit G2523 on My right and on My left, this is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:2 - saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated G2523 themselves G2523 in the chair of Moses;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:31

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:31 -

“But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit G2523 on His glorious throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:36

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Then Jesus *came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and *said to His disciples, “Sit G2523 here while I go over there and pray.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:35 - And sitting G2523 down G2523, He called the twelve and *said to them, “If anyone wants to be first, [fn]he shall be last of all and servant of all.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:37 - And they said to Him, “[fn]Grant that we may sit G2523, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your glory.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:40 - “But to sit G2523 on My right or on My left, this is not Mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2 - and *said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat G2523; untie it and bring it here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:7 - And they *brought the colt to Jesus and put their garments on it; and He sat G2523 on it.

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And He sat G2523 down G2523 opposite the treasury, and began observing how the crowd was putting [fn]money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums.

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Then they *came to a place named Gethsemane; and He *said to His disciples, “Sit G2523 here until I have prayed.”

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So then, the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat G2523 down G2523 at the right hand of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:20

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And He closed the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat G2523 down G2523, and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:3 - And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat G2523 down G2523 and began teaching the crowds from the boat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:28 - “For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit G2523 down G2523 and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:31 - “Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit G2523 down G2523 and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:6 - “And he said, ‘One hundred [fn]baths of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit G2523 down G2523 quickly and write fifty.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30 - saying, “Go into the village ahead of you; in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no one yet has ever sat G2523; untie it and bring it here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:30 - that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:49 - “And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you, but you are to stay G2523 in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:2 - Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat G2523 down G2523 and began to teach them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:14 - And Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat G2523 on it; as it is written,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:13

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Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat G2523 down G2523 on the judgment seat at a place called [fn]The Stone Pavement, but in [fn]Hebrew, Gabbatha.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:3 - And there appeared to them tongues like fire [fn]distributing themselves, and [fn]they [fn]rested G2523 on each one of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:30 - “And so, because he was a prophet and knew that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SET G2523 one OF THE FRUIT [fn]OF HIS BODY ON HIS THRONE,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:31 - And he said, “Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit G2523 with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:21 - And on an appointed day Herod, having put on his royal apparel and sitting G2523 on the judgment seat, began delivering an address to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:14 - But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch. And on the Sabbath day, they went into the synagogue and sat G2523 down G2523.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 16:13 - And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and sitting G2523 down G2523, we began speaking to the women who had assembled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 18:11 - And he stayed G2523 there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

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And after he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he took G2523 his seat G2523 on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:17 - “So after they had assembled here, I did not delay, but on the next day took G2523 my seat G2523 on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:4 - So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint G2523 those who are of no account in the church as judges?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:7

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Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “THE PEOPLE SAT G2523 DOWN G2523 TO EAT AND DRINK, AND STOOD UP TO PLAY.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:20 - which He worked in Christ, by raising Him from the dead and seating G2523 Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 2:4 - who opposes and exalts himself above [fn]every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes G2523 his seat G2523 in the [fn]sanctuary of God, exhibiting himself as being God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 1:3 - who is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and [fn]upholds all things by the word of His power; who, having accomplished cleansing for sins, sat G2523 down G2523 at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 8:1

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Now the main point in what is being said is this: we have such a high priest, who sat G2523 down G2523 at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:12 - but He, having offered one sacrifice for [fn]sins for all time, SAT G2523 DOWN G2523 AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:2 - [fn]fixing our eyes on Jesus, the [fn]author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat G2523 down G2523 at the right hand of the throne of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:21 - ‘He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit G2523 down G2523 with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat G2523 down G2523 with My Father on His throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 20:4

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Then I saw thrones, and they sat G2523 on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of [fn]their witness of Jesus and because of the word of God, and who also had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

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