Strong's Greek · G2516

καθέζομαι

kathézomai

sit

Definition

to sit down

Derivation

from G2596 (κατά) and the base of G1476 (ἑδραῖος);

Appears 7 times in Scripture

John 4:6

Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

John 11:20

So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home.

Acts 20:9

And a certain young man named Eutychus, seated in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell from the third story and was picked up dead.

Matthew 26:55

At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.

John 20:12

and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet.

Acts 6:15

All who were sitting in the Sanhedrin looked intently at Stephen, and they saw that his face was like the face of an angel.

Luke 2:46

Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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