kathēmai · sit

What it means

kathēmai (κάθημαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sit”.

Be sitting; dwell.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To be seated somewhere, or riding on an animal.
2. To be on the throne, to reign.
3. To make one's home in a place.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

To be sitting; from there, to stay, to dwell in a place and, on a throne, to reign. Thayer: to be seated; to have a fixed abode, to dwell.

• Being seated: Matthew, Bartimaeus Matthew 9:9Mark 10:46
• “Sit at my right” Matthew 22:44Matthew 26:64
• The one seated on the throne Revelation 4:2
• “Sat in darkness”: living in a place Matthew 4:16Luke 1:79

How we translate it

“Sitting” 35 times, “sat” 22, “sit” 14, “seated” 9, “one who sits” 7. It keeps “sit” also for the rider on a horse (“the one who sat on it”, Revelation 6:2). In Matthew 4:16 it keeps “the people who sat in darkness”, the image of Isaiah; “dwell” and “those who live” appear once each.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• sitting ×35
• sat ×22
• Sit ×14
• seated ×9
• one who sits ×7
• who sits ×2
• dwell ×1
• those who live ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×19
• Mark×11
• Luke×13
• John×4
• Acts×6
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Colossians×1
• Hebrews×1
• James×2
• Revelation×33

• Matthew 4:16

  the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, and for those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light dawned on them.”

• Matthew 9:9

  And passing on from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he says to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.

• Matthew 11:16

  But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call out to the others,

• Matthew 13:1

  On that day Jesus, going out of the house, was sitting beside the sea.

• Matthew 13:2

  And large crowds gathered around him, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd was standing on the shore.

• Matthew 15:29

  And moving on from there, Jesus came beside the Sea of Galilee; and going up onto the mountain, he was sitting there.

• Matthew 19:28

  And Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the renewal, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Matthew 20:30

  And look, two blind men sitting beside the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

• Matthew 22:44

  ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet”’?

• Matthew 23:22

  and the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by the one who sits on it.

• Matthew 24:3

  And as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

• Matthew 26:58

  And Peter was following him from a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and going inside, he sat with the attendants to see the outcome.

• Matthew 26:64

  Jesus says to him, “You have said it. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

• Matthew 26:69

  Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant girl came up to him, saying, “You also were with Jesus the Galilean.”

• Matthew 27:19

  And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Let there be nothing between you and that righteous man; for I have suffered much today in a dream because of him.”

• Matthew 27:36

  and sitting down, they kept watch over him there.

• Matthew 27:61

  And Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the grave.

• Matthew 28:2

  And look, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and was sitting on it.

• Mark 2:6

  Now some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts,

• Mark 2:14

  And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he says to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.

• Mark 3:32

  And a crowd was sitting around him, and they say to him, “Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you.”

• Mark 3:34

  And looking around at those who were sitting around him, he says, “Look, my mother and my brothers!

• Mark 4:1

  And again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathers around him, so that he got into a boat and sat on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land.

• Mark 5:15

  And they come to Jesus and see the demon-possessed man sitting, clothed and in his right mind, the one who had had the legion; and they were afraid.

• Mark 10:46

  And they come to Jericho. And as he was leaving from Jericho with his disciples and a large crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting beside the road.

• Mark 12:36

  David himself said by the Holy Spirit, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right until I put your enemies under your feet.”’

• Mark 13:3

  And as he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were asking him privately,

• Mark 14:62

  And Jesus said, “I am; and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

• Mark 16:5

  And entering into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were greatly alarmed.

• Luke 1:79

  to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

• Luke 5:17

  And it happened, on one of the days, that he was teaching, and there were sitting there Pharisees and teachers of the law who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him for him to heal.

• Luke 5:27

  And after this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.”

• Luke 7:32

  They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another, who say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a lament, and you did not weep.’

• Luke 8:35

  And they went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.

• Luke 10:13

  Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

• Luke 18:35

  And it happened, as he was drawing near to Jericho, that a certain blind man was sitting beside the road begging.

• Luke 20:42

  For David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand

• Luke 21:35

  like a trap; for it will come in on all those who dwell on the face of all the earth.

• Luke 22:30

  so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Luke 22:55

  And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter was sitting among them.

And 51 more times.