καθέζομαι G2516
To sit down, be seated, remain sitting; physical posture of rest or sustained presence in a place.
Kathezomai means to sit down or remain seated, describing a deliberate bodily posture. It appears in contexts ranging from the boy Jesus sitting among the temple teachers (Luke 2:46) to Jesus sitting wearied at Jacob's well (John 4:6), Mary sitting at home in mourning (John 11:20), and the two angels seated in the empty tomb (John 20:12). Spanish sentado and German sich setzen capture the basic postural meaning. The word overlaps with kathēmai but tends to emphasize the act of taking a seat or settling into position.
Senses
1. sit, be seated — To sit down, take a seat, or remain in a seated position—a verb of physical posture indicating either the act of settling or a sustained seated state. In Matt 26:55 Jesus reminds his captors he sat daily teaching in the temple. In Luke 2:46 the twelve-year-old Jesus is found sitting among the teachers. At Jacob's well Jesus sat down, wearied from travel (John 4:6). Martha goes to meet Jesus while Mary 'remained sitting at home' (John 11:20). The two angels sit inside the empty tomb (John 20:12). Spanish me sentaba and French s'asseoir confirm the straightforward postural sense throughout. 7×
AR["جَالِسًا", "جَالِسَيْنِ", "جَالِسِينَ", "جَلَسَ", "جَلَسَتْ", "كُنْتُ-جَالِسًا", "وَجَالِسٌ"]·ben["বসতাম", "বসা", "বসে-ছিলেন", "বসে-থাকা", "বসে-থাকা,", "বসেছিলেন"]·DE["sich-setzen", "καθεζόμενοι", "καθεζόμενον", "καθεζόμενος", "ἐκαθεζόμην"]·EN["I-sat", "sitting", "was-sitting"]·FR["s'asseoir"]·heb["יָשְׁבָה", "יָשַׁב", "יָשַׁבְתִּי", "יוֹשְׁבִים", "יוֹשֵׁב"]·HI["बैठा-था", "बैठा-हुआ", "बैठी-थी।", "बैठे-थे", "बैठे-हुए"]·ID["Aku-duduk", "duduk"]·IT["sedere", "sedersi"]·jav["Kula-lenggah", "lenggah", "lenggah.", "pinarak"]·KO["앉아-계셨다", "앉아-있는", "앉아-있는-자들-이", "앉아-있는데", "앉아-있었다"]·PT["estando-sentado", "sentado", "sentados", "sentava-me", "sentou-se"]·RU["Я-сидел", "сел", "сидела", "сидящего", "сидящие", "сидящий", "сидящих"]·ES["Sentado", "me-sentaba", "permanecía-sentada", "se-sentaba", "sentado", "sentados"]·SW["alikaa", "aliketi", "alikuwa-ameketi", "ameketi", "niliketi", "walioketi", "wameketi"]·TR["oturan", "oturanlar", "oturdu", "oturuyordu", "oturuyordum"]·urd["بیٹھ-گیا", "بیٹھا-ہوا", "بیٹھتا-تھا", "بیٹھی-رہی", "بیٹھے-ہوئے"]
Related Senses
H0935 1. come, arrive (Qal) (2413×)G1473 1. first person singular pronoun (2084×)H3318 1. Qal: go out, depart, come forth (891×)H7725 1. to return, come/go back (Qal) (874×)H5927 1. go up, ascend (Qal) (779×)H7971 1. to send, dispatch (Qal) (701×)G2064 1. come / arrive (physical movement toward) (588×)H5307 1. Qal: fall down physically (339×)H5375 1. Qal: to lift up, raise (330×)H5975 1. to stand, stand up (310×)H5674a 1. Qal: pass by, pass through (256×)H3381 1. Qal: to go down, descend (physical movement) (242×)G1831 1. go/come out physically (193×)H5337 1. deliver, rescue, save (Hifil) (188×)H7901 1. lie down, rest, sleep (183×)G1525 1. enter a place physically (179×)H7812 1. prostrate oneself, bow down, worship (173×)H3318 2. Hifil: bring out, lead out, take out (persons) (172×)H7725 2. to bring back, restore (Hifil) (151×)H5674a 2. Qal: cross over (134×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
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…