καθίζω kathizō

Greek word for “to seat” · Strong’s G2523 · used 46 times in 45 verses

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Meaning

καθ-ίζω; 1. causal, to make to sit down, set, appoint:.;

How it is translated

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

• having sat down 9
• sat down 9
• sat 6
• sit 4
• having sat 4
• do sit 2
• when was sitting down 1
• may sit down 1
• may sit 1
• will sit 1
• us sit 1
• has sat 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 20 (2), Mark 10 (2), Mark 11 (2), Luke 14 (2), Acts 2 (2), Acts 25 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 13 (1), Matthew 19 (1), Matthew 23 (1)

Forms

• ἐκάθισεν 13
• καθίσας 11
• καθίσαι 6
• ἐκάθισαν 3
• καθίσατε 3
• καθίσαντες 2
• καθίσαντος 1
• καθίσῃ 1
• καθίσωσιν 1
• καθίσει 1

Words used with it

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

• δεξιός dexios “right” 10
• θρόνος thronos “throne” 7
• βῆμα bēma “judgement seat” 4
• κατέναντι katenanti “before” 3
• εὐώνυμος euōnumos “left/south” 3
• πῶλος pōlos “colt” 3
• ἄγω agō “to bring” 4
• μετά meta “with/after” 6
• εἷς ehis “one” 5
• Γεθσημανῆ Gethsēmanē “Gethsemane” 2
• δόξα doxa “glory” 4
• μεγαλωσύνη megalōsunē “majesty” 2

Key verses

The verses using kathizō 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 20:21 — And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy…
• Matthew 25:31 — When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
• Mark 16:19 — So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
• Acts 2:30 — Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ…
• Ephesians 1:20 — Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:4 — Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he…
• Hebrews 1:3 — Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged…
• Hebrews 8:1 — Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
• Hebrews 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the…
• Revelation 3:21 — To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
• Revelation 20:4 — And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for…

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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.