παρακαθίζω
parakathízō · G3869 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to sit down by, to sit down near
To sit down near or beside someone
ExamplesLuke 10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, who was also seated at the Lord’s feet, and was listening to His word.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πρόςto, toward, with+ πούςfoot 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 1 word
- ἀνίστημι anístēmi · G450 · to cause to stand, to raise up, to raise to life
- A genuine postural opposite: ἀνίστημι means to rise up or stand up, the direct contrary action to sitting down (καθίζω and its compounds including παρακαθίζω).
In the other Testament 1 word
- יָשַׁב yâshab · H3427 · to sit down, to be seated, to make sit
- The most common Hebrew verb for 'to sit' and the natural translation equivalent for Greek sitting verbs including παρακαθίζω when rendered in Hebrew contexts. While יָשַׁב has broader semantic range (dwell, remain), its core sense 'to sit' makes it a genuine cross-linguistic equivalent.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To sit down by, to sit down near17.14
- παρακαθίζω names the act of seating oneself near someone, as Luke describes Mary's posture at Jesus's feet: “And she had a sister called Mary, who was also seated at the Lord's feet, and was listening to His word.” (Luke 10:39)
Word family 18 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist participle feminine παρακαθίσασα, to make to sit down beside ((παρά, IV. 1));…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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