to sit down

Greek Verb

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)

to sit down

Greek Verb

καθέζομαι (see. below), imperfect ἐκαθεζόμην in Prose, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (but frequently as aorist 2, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Poets, καθεζόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future καθεδοῦμαι [LXX+5th c.BC+]: aorist καθεσθείς [Refs 2nd c.AD+], which supplies the transitive sense, is more common in present and imperfect, but we have κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζεαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—sit down, take one's seat, ἀγορήνδε καθεζώμεσθα κιόντες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζευ ἐπὶ θρόνου[Refs 8th c.BC+]; καθεζομένη πρόχνυ (see. πρόχνυ); so κ. ἐν. εὐνατηρίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; preside, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ λαχόντες προεδρεύειν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ παρασκευῆς καθεζόμενοι taking their seats, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) sit down in, occupy, a country, encamp, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; settle, εἰς χώραν [Refs 6th c.AD+] II) remain seated, in various senses: II.1) sit still, with collateral notion of inaction, τίφθ᾽ οὕτως κατ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἕζεαι ἶσος ἀναύδ; [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.2) sit as suppliants, ἱκέται καθεζόμεσθα βώμιοι [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) sit for one's portrait, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II.4) of a teacher, πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐκαθεζόμην διδάσκων [NT]

Greek

Verb

to sit down; sit; from g2596 (κατά) and the base of g1476 (ἑδραῖος)