kathizō · sit down

What it means

kathizō (καθίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sit down”.

Also seat someone. A teacher taught sitting down.

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 take a seat, often to teach, judge or reign.
2. To make someone sit, put them in a position.
3. To stay in a place.

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

Word study

To sit down, and also to seat another. Sitting can be simply taking a seat, but also teaching as a teacher, judging or reigning. Sometimes it means staying in a place.

• Jesus sits down to teach or to read Matthew 5:1Luke 4:20Luke 5:3
• “Sat down at the right hand”: the place of the one who reigns Hebrews 1:3Hebrews 10:12Ephesians 1:20
• Sitting on the throne, on the seat Matthew 25:31Matthew 23:2Matthew 20:21
• Sitting down to calculate Luke 14:28
• Staying in a place Luke 24:49Acts 18:11
• Resting on; seating as judges Acts 2:31 Corinthians 6:4

Historical and cultural background

The teacher taught sitting down: “when he had sat down, his disciples came to him” (Matthew 5:1); in the synagogue of Nazareth Jesus reads standing and sits down to speak (Luke 4:20). “On Moses’ seat the scribes and the Pharisees have sat down” (Matthew 23:2).

How we translate it

The verb ‘sit’ in almost all its forms (“sat down” 13 times, “sit” 12, “sat” 6); when the subject seats another, “seated {him} at his right hand” (Ephesians 1:20). According to the context, “stay in the city” (Luke 24:49), “he settled {there} a year and six months” (Acts 18:11), “{one} rested” of the tongues of fire (Acts 2:3) and “do you seat {as judges}” (1 Corinthians 6:4).

How it is translated

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

• sat down ×13
• sit ×12
• sat ×6
• seat ×4
• sitting down ×4
• he settled there ×1
• one rested ×1
• seated him ×1
• sits ×1
• sitting ×1
• others ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×8
• Mark×8
• Luke×7
• John×2
• Acts×9
• 1 Corinthians×2
• Ephesians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×1
• Hebrews×4
• Revelation×3

• Matthew 5:1

  Now seeing the crowds, he went up onto the mountain; and when he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

• Matthew 13:48

  when it was full, they hauled it up onto the shore and sat down and gathered the good ones into containers, but threw the bad ones away.

• 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 20:21

  And he said to her, “What do you want?” She says to him, “Say that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right and one at your left, in your kingdom.”

• Matthew 20:23

  He says to them, “My cup you will drink, but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

• Matthew 23:2

  saying, “On Moses’ seat the scribes and the Pharisees have sat down.

• Matthew 25:31

  But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

• Matthew 26:36

  Then Jesus comes with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he says to the disciples, “Sit here while I go away there and pray.”

• Mark 9:35

  And sitting down, he called the Twelve and says to them, “If anyone wants to be first, he will be last of all and servant of all.”

• Mark 10:37

  And they said to him, “Grant us that we may sit, one at your right and one at your left, in your glory.”

• Mark 10:40

  but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to grant; rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

• Mark 11:2

  and says to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and at once, as you enter into it, you will find a colt tied, on which no person has ever yet sat; untie it and bring it.

• Mark 11:7

  And they bring the colt to Jesus and throw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.

• Mark 12:41

  And sitting down opposite the treasury, he was watching how the crowd puts copper coins into the treasury. And many rich people were putting in much.

• Mark 14:32

  And they come to a place whose name is Gethsemane, and he says to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.”

• Mark 16:19

  So the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

• Luke 4:20

  And rolling up the scroll and giving it back to the attendant, he sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.

• Luke 5:3

  And getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land; and sitting down, he was teaching the crowds from the boat.

• Luke 14:28

  For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see whether he has enough for completion?

• Luke 14:31

  Or what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?

• Luke 16:6

  And he said, ‘A hundred baths of olive oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’

• Luke 19:30

  saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no person has ever sat; untie it and bring it.

• Luke 24:49

  And look, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but you stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

• John 12:14

  And Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it, as it is written,

• John 19:13

  So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, and in Hebrew Gabbatha.

• Acts 2:3

  And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, being distributed, and one rested on each of them.

• Acts 2:30

  So, being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one from the fruit of his loins on his throne,

• Acts 8:31

  And he said, “Why, how could I, unless someone guides me?” And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

• Acts 12:21

  And on an appointed day Herod, having put on royal clothing and taking his seat on the tribunal, was delivering a public address to them.

• Acts 13:14

  But they went on from Perga and arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and going into the synagogue on the Sabbath day they sat down.

• Acts 16:13

  And on the day of the Sabbath we went out outside the gate beside a river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and sitting down, we were speaking to the women who had gathered.

• Acts 18:11

  And he settled there a year and six months, teaching among them the word of God.

• Acts 25:6

  And after staying among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, he ordered Paul to be brought.

• Acts 25:17

  So when they had come together here, without making any delay, on the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought.

• 1 Corinthians 6:4

  So if you have cases about matters of this life, do you seat as judges those who are despised in the assembly?

• 1 Corinthians 10:7

  Do not become idolaters, as some of them were, as it is written: The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play.

• Ephesians 1:20

  which he has worked in the Messiah when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

• 2 Thessalonians 2:4

  who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the sanctuary of God, proclaiming that he himself is God.

• Hebrews 1:3

  He, being the radiance of his glory and the exact imprint of his being, and sustaining all things by the word of his power, having made purification for sins by himself, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

• Hebrews 8:1

  Now the main point of what is being said is this: we have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

And 5 more times.