κάθημαι kathēmai

Greek word for “to sit” · Strong’s G2521 · used 91 times in 89 verses

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Meaning

κάθ-ημαι; in cl. present and imperfect only (prop.

How it is translated

Glosses given for kathēmai in context, with how often each is used:

• sitting 68
• do sit 7
• will sit 2
• when was sitting 2
• sitting by 2
• sits 2
• sit down 1
• sitting down 1
• when is sitting 1
• do you sit 1
• one sitting 1
• residing 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 4 (5), Revelation 6 (5), Revelation 19 (5), Luke 22 (4), Revelation 14 (4), Revelation 17 (4), Matthew 26 (3), Matthew 27 (3), Revelation 5 (3), Matthew 13 (2)

Forms

• καθήμενος 16
• καθήμενον 11
• ἐκάθητο 11
• καθημένῳ 8
• καθήμενοι 7
• κάθου 7
• καθημένου 7
• καθημένους 6
• καθημένοις 4
• καθῆσθαι 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kathēmai more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• θρόνος thronos “throne” 18
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 20
• δεξιός dexios “right” 12
• ἵππος hippos “horse” 9
• ἰδού idou “look!” 11
• γῆ gē “earth” 10
• λευκός leukos “white” 6
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 10
• νεφέλη nephelē “cloud” 5
• ὄρος oros “mountain” 6
• μέγας megas “great” 8
• ἀκολουθέω akoloutheō “to follow” 6

Key verses

The verses using kathēmai that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 19:28 — And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory,…
• Matthew 26:64 — Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the…
• Luke 1:79 — To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
• Colossians 3:1 — If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
• Revelation 4:10 — The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne,…
• Revelation 5:13 — And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing,…
• Revelation 6:16 — And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
• Revelation 14:6 — And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and…
• Revelation 17:1 — And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the…
• Revelation 18:7 — How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow,…
• Revelation 19:11 — And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
• Revelation 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.