κάθημαι

2 person singular κάθῃ a later form for κάθησαι (Acts 23:3), imperative κάθου for κάθησο (yet cf. Kühner, as below) (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 359; Krüger, § 38, 6f i., p. 147; Kühner, § 301 i., p. 671; Winers Grammar, § 14, 4; (Buttmann, 49 (42))) (subjunctive 2 person plural κάθησθε, Lk 22:30 Tr marginal reading; but WH text κάθησθε; see Veitch, under the word; Krüger, § 38, 6, 1 (cf. καθίζω), infinitive καθῆσθαι, participle καθήμενος); imperfect ἐκαθήμην; and once the rare (cf. Veitch, p. 347) future καθήσομαι, Lk 22:30 T Tr text WH marginal reading (so WH in Mt 19:28 also; cf. καθίζω, at the end); (ἧμαι); a verb of which only the present and imperfect are in use in classical Greek (cf. Buttmann, 60 (52)); the Sept. for יָשַׁב;
1. to sit down, seat oneself: followed by ἐν with the dative of place (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 52, 4, 9), Mk 4:1; Lk 22:55 (here T Tr WH μέσος); εἰς, Mk 13:3 (Buttmann, § 147, 16); μετά with the genitive of person, Mt 26:58; κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, i. e. be a partner of my power, Mt 22:44; Mk 12:36 (Tr text WH marginal reading κάθισον); Lk 20:42; Acts 2:34; Heb 1:13 (Ps 109:1); κάθου ὧδε ὑπό with the accusative, Jas 2:3. παρά with the accusative of place, Mt 13:1; ἐπάνω with the genitive of place, Mt 28:2; with ἐκεῖ, Mt 15:29; Jn 6:3 (Tdf. ἐκαθέζετο); the place to be supplied from the context, Mt 13:2.
2. to sit, be seated, of a place occupied: followed by ἐν with the dative of place (Winer's Grammar, as under 1), Mt 11:16; Mt 26:69; ἐν τῇ δεξιά τοῦ Θεοῦ, Col 3:1; ἐν τοῖς δεξιοῖς, Mk 16:5; ἐπί τίνος, Mt 24:3; Mt 27:19; (Acts 20:9 R G); ἐπί τοῦ θρόνου (but also, especially in the critical editions, with the dative and the accusative (see below); cf. Alford on the following passages), Rev 4:2 etc.; τῆς νεφέλης (or with the accusative), Rev 14:15, and in other examples; ἐπί τίνι, Acts 3:10; ἐπί τί (cf. Buttmann, 338 (291)), Mt 9:9; Mk 2:14; Lk 5:27; Jn 12:15; Rev 4:4; Rev 6:2 (R dative (as in the following)) Rev 6:4; Rev 11:16; Rev 17:3; Rev 19:11; παρά τήν ὁδόν, Mt 20:30; Mk 10:46; Lk 18:35; πρός τό φῶς, Lk 22:56; ἐπάνω τίνος, Mt 23:22; Rev 6:8; περί τινα, Mk 3:32, Mk 3:34; ἀπέναντι τίνος, Mt 27:61; ἐκ δεξιῶν τίνος, Mt 26:64; Mk 14:62; Lk 22:69; ἐκεῖ, Mk 2:6; οὗ, where, Acts 2:2 (L καθεζόμενοι); Rev 17:15; without specification of place, Mk 5:15; Lk 5:17; Lk 8:35; Jn 2:14; Jn 9:8; 1 Cor 14:30. κάθημαι as descriptive of a certain state or condition is used of those who sit in discharging their office, as judges, κάθῃ κρίνων, Acts 23:3; of a queen, equivalent to to occupy the throne, to reign (A. V. I sit a queen), Rev 18:7; of money-changers, Jn 2:14; of mourners and penitents: ἐν σάκκῳ, clothed in sackcloth, ἐν σποδῷ, covered with ashes, Lk 10:13; of those who, enveloped in darkness, cannot walk about, Mt 4:16; Lk 1:79 (Isa 42:7); of a lame man, Acts 14:8. equivalent to to have a fixed abode, to dwell: ἐπί πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, Lk 21:35; Rev 14:6 (where Rec. κατοικοῦντας); ἐπί θρόνον, Rev 20:11 G T (WH marginal reading; but see above); ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ, Neh 11:6; (ἐν ὄρει Σαμαρείας, Sir. 50:26. Compare: συγκάθημαι).
καθημέραν, equivalent to καθ' ἡμέραν, see ἡμέρα, 2, p. 278{a}.