to seat

Greek Verb

καθ-ίζω [in LXX chiefly for יָשַׁב;] 1) causal, to make to sit down, set, appoint: Act.2:30, 1Co.6:4, Eph.1:20. 2) Intrans, to sit down, be seated, sit: Mat.5:1, Mrk.9:35, Luk.7:15, Jhn.8:2, al; with inf. tel, 1Co.10:7; before εἰς, 2Th.2:4; ἐπί, with accusative, Mrk.11:2, Jhn.12:14; id. with genitive, Jhn.19:13, Act.12:21; ὧδε, Mrk.14:32; αὐτοῦ, Mat.26:36; ἐν δεξιᾷ, Heb.1:3; ἐκ δεξιῶν, Mat.20:21, 23; ἐν, Rev.3:21; καθίσας pleonastic (M, Pro.14:1-35; Dalman, Words, 22), Mat.13:48, Luk.5:3 14:31 16:6; of settling in a place (ἐς χωρίον, Thuc, iv, 93), before ἐν, Luk.24:49 (cf. ἀνα, ἐπι, παρα, περι, συν-καθίζω) (AS)

to seat

Greek Verb

καθίζω, Ionic dialect κατ-, imperfect κάθιζον [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future καθέσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθίσω (intransitive) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Ionic dialect κατίσω (transitive) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Attic dialect also καθιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect καθιξῶ [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: aorist 1 καθεῖσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]subjunctive καθέσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive καθέσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; poetry κάθεσσα [Refs 5th c.BC+] codices; this aorist καθεῖσα has Ms. authority in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also Epic dialect participle καθίσσας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect καθίξας [Refs 3rd c.BC+]subjunctive καθίξῃ[Refs]; late participle καθιζήσας, subjunctive -ζήσῃ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: perfect κεκάθῐκα [NT+1st c.BC+]:—middle, imperfect ἐκαθιζόμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future καθιζήσομαι [NT+5th c.BC+] -ιοῦμαι [LXX]: aorist 1 καθεσσάμην [Refs 6th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἐκαθισσάμην [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, aorist 1 participle καθιζηθείς [Refs 2nd c.AD+] I) causal, make to sit down, seat, ἄλλους μὲν κάθισον Τρῶας [Refs 8th c.BC+].; καθιεῖν τινα εἰς τὸν θρόνον, i.e. to make him king, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2) set, place, τὸν μὲν. καθεῖσεν ἐπ᾽ ἠϊόεντι Σκαμάνδρῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. στρατόν encamp it, [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.2.b) post watchers, guards, etc, σκοπὸς ὅν ῥα καθεῖσεν Αἴγισθος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κατίσαι φυλάκους set guards, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rarely of things, τι ἐπὶ τηγάνοις [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.3) set up, ἀνδριάντα κάθεσσαν [Refs 5th c.BC+] codices:—middle, καθέσσασθαι [Refs 6th c.BC+] I.4) cause an assembly, court, etc, to take their seats, convene, ἀγορὰς ἠμὲν λύει ἠδὲ καθίζει [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅταν καθέσωσιν ἀγῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but κ. τινὶ δικαστήν appoint a judge to try a person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; constitute, establish, δικαστήρια [Refs 5th c.BC+] I.5) put into a certain condition, especially in the phrase κλαίοντά τινα κ set him aweeping, κλάοντα καθέσω ς᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+]. to make him weep: for [Refs 3rd c.BC+] I.6) marry, γυναῖκας ἀλλοτρίας [LXX] II) intransitive, take one's seat, sit, absolutely, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι, ἐν θρόνοισι καθίζειν,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν [θώκοισι] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ τοῖς ἐργαστηρίοις or τῶν -ίων, [Refs 5th c.BC+], of rowers, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of suppliants, κ. ἐπὶ τὸν βωμόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βωμόν, ὀμφαλόν, ἱερά, [Refs] II.2) sit, recline at meals, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) sit as judge, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hold a session, of the πρόεδροι, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.4) reside, μετά τινος [LXX]; ἐν πόλει[LXX] II.5) settle, sink down, ἐπὶ τὰ ἰσχία καθίσαι τὼ ἵππω [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.6) of ships, run aground, be stranded, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] III) middle in intransitive sense, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐὰν δὲ καθίζεσθαι κελεύσῃ if he order them to take their seats (among the spectators in the theatre), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; καθίζεσθαι ἢ κατακλινῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) of birds, settle, alight, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III.3) leave goods purchased in a market, [Refs 3rd c.BC+].--Attic dialect in this signification accusative to [Refs 5th c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

to seat down, i.e. set (figuratively, appoint); intransitively, to sit (down); figuratively, to settle (hover, dwell); continue, set, sit (down), tarry; another (active) form for g2516 (καθέζομαι)