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καθίζω
kathízō · Greek · Strong's G2523 · 47 occurrences
The KJV renders 27 different Hebrew and Greek words as “set”
What it means
to seat down, i.e. set (figuratively, appoint); intransitively, to sit (down); figuratively, to settle (hover, dwell)
another (active) form for G2516 (καθέζομαι);
How the KJV renders it
continue, set, sit, tarry
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“set”
also renders hístēmi (G2476), títhēmi (G5087), keîmai (G2749), apostéllō (G649), dídōmi (G1325), taktós (G5002), dýnō (G1416), kathístēmi (G2525), tássō (G5021), yâhab (H3051), yânach (H3240), yâçad (H3245), yâtsab (H3320), yâshab (H3427), yᵉthib (H3488), môwʻêd (H4150), mâlêʼ (H4390), mᵉnâʼ (H4483), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâqad (H6485), qûwm (H6966), râkab (H7392), sûwm (H7761), shîyth (H7896), shâkan (H7931)
“continue”
“tarry”
“sit”
Questions this word decides
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Should Christians pray to saints?
- Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews?
- What does John 1:1 mean ('the Word was God')?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- Is speaking in tongues for today?
Where it appears
47 occurrences in the Greek text, first 45 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 6:4 V-PAI-2P1 Corinthians 10:7 V-AAI-3S2 Thessalonians 2:4 V-AANActs 2:3 V-AAI-3SActs 2:30 V-AANActs 8:31 V-AANActs 12:21 V-AAP-NSMActs 13:14 V-AAI-3PActs 16:13 V-AAP-NPMActs 18:11 V-AAI-3SActs 25:6 V-AAP-NSMActs 25:17 V-AAP-NSMEphesians 1:20 V-AAP-NSMHebrews 1:3 V-AAI-3SHebrews 8:1 V-AAI-3SHebrews 10:12 V-AAI-3SHebrews 12:2 V-RAI-3SJohn 8:2 V-AAP-NSMJohn 12:14 V-AAI-3SJohn 19:13 V-AAI-3SLuke 4:20 V-AAI-3SLuke 5:3 V-AAP-NSMLuke 14:28 V-AAP-NSMLuke 14:31 V-AAP-NSMLuke 16:6 V-AAP-NSMLuke 19:30 V-AAI-3SLuke 24:49 V-AAM-2PMatthew 5:1 V-AAP-GSMMatthew 13:48 V-AAP-NPMMatthew 19:28 V-AAS-3SMatthew 20:21 V-AAS-3PMatthew 20:23 V-AANMatthew 23:2 V-AAI-3PMatthew 25:31 V-FAI-3SMatthew 26:36 V-AAM-2PMark 9:35 V-AAP-NSMMark 10:37 V-AAS-1PMark 10:40 V-AANMark 11:2 V-RAI-3SMark 11:7 V-AAI-3SMark 12:41 V-AAP-NSMMark 14:32 V-AAM-2PMark 16:19 V-AAI-3SRevelation 3:21 V-AAI-1SRevelation 20:4 V-AAI-3P
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.