κάθημαι

κάθημαι — káthēmai

κάθημαι, 2 person singular κάθῃ a later form for κάθησαι (Act 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, Luk 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, Luk 22:30 T Tr text WH marginal reading (so WH in Mat 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), Mar 4:1; Luk 22:55 (here T Tr WH μέσος); εἰς, Mar 13:3 (Buttmann, § 147, 16); μετά with the genitive of person, Mat 26:58; κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, i. e. be a partner of my power, Mat 22:44; Mar 12:36 (Tr text WH marginal reading κάθισον); Luk 20:42; Act 2:34; Heb 1:13 (Psa 109:1 ); κάθου ὧδε ὑπό with the accusative, Jas 2:3. παρά with the accusative of place, Mat 13:1; ἐπάνω with the genitive of place, Mat 28:2; with ἐκεῖ, Mat 15:29; Joh 6:3 (Tdf. ἐκαθέζετο); the place to be supplied from the context, Mat 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), Mat 11:16; Mat 26:69; ἐν τῇ δεξιά τοῦ Θεοῦ, Col 3:1; ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς, Mar 16:5; ἐπί τίνος, Mat 24:3; Mat 27:19; (Act 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), Rev 4:2 etc.; τῆς νεφέλης (or with the accusative), Rev 14:15, and in other examples; ἐπί τίνι, Act 3:10; ἐπί τί (cf. Buttmann, 338 (291)), Mat 9:9; Mar 2:14; Luk 5:27; Joh 12:15; Rev 4:4; Rev 6:2 (R dative (as in the following)) Rev 6:4; Rev 11:16; Rev 17:3; Rev 19:11; παρά τήν ὁδόν, Mat 20:30; Mar 10:46; Luk 18:35; πρός τό φῶς, Luk 22:56; ἐπάνω τίνος, Mat 23:22; Rev 6:8; περί τινα, Mar 3:32; Mar 3:34; ἀπέναντι τίνος, Mat 27:61; ἐκ δεξιῶν τίνος, Mat 26:64; Mar 14:62; Luk 22:69; ἐκεῖ, Mar 2:6; οὗ, where, Act 2:2 (L καθεζόμενοι); Rev 17:15; without specification of place, Mar 5:15; Luk 5:17; Luk 8:35; Joh 2:14; Joh 9:8; 1Co 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, Act 23:3; of a queen, equivalent to to occupy the throne, to reign (A. V. I sit a queen), Rev 18:7; of money-changers, Joh 2:14; of mourners and penitents: ἐν σάκκῳ, clothed in sackcloth, ἐν σποδῷ, covered with ashes, Luk 10:13; of those who, enveloped in darkness, cannot walk about, Mat 4:16; Luk 1:79 (Isa 42:7); of a lame man, Act 14:8. equivalent to to have a fixed abode, to dwell: ἐπί πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, Luk 21:35; Rev 14:6 (where Rec. κατοικοῦντας); ἐπί θρόνον, Rev 20:11 G T (WH marginal reading; but see above); ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, Neh 11:6; (ἐν ὄρει Σαμαρείας, Sir 50:26. Compare: συγκάθημαι).

καθημέρανκαθημέραν, equivalent to καθ' ἡμέραν, see ἡμέρα, 2, p. 278{a}.