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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1940 - ἐπικαθίζω

Transliteration

epikathízō

Phonetics

ep-ee-kath-id'-zo

Origin

from (G1909) and (G2523)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to cause to sit upon, to set upon
to sit upon

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3427 ‑ יָשַׁב (yaw‑shab'); 7392 ‑ רָכַב (raw‑kab'); 7931 ‑ שָׁכַן (shaw‑kan');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Matthew 1

BSB (1)

Matthew 1

CSB (1)

Matthew 1

ESV (1)

Matthew 1

KJV (1)

Matthew 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

Matthew 1

N95 (1)

Matthew 1

NAS (1)

Matthew 1

NLT (1)

Matthew 2

WEB (1)

Matthew 1

YLT (1)

Matthew 1

ASV (1)

he sat 1

BSB (1)

jesus sat 1

CSB (1)

sat 1

ESV (1)

sat 1

KJV (1)

set ( 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

sat 1

N95 (1)

sat 1

NAS (1)

sat 1

NLT (1)

sat 1

WEB (1)

he sat 1

YLT (1)

set 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AAI-3S 1

ANT

V-AAI-3P 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3S 1

BGB

V-AAI-3S 1

BMT

V-AAI-3S 1

BYZ

V-AAI-3P 1

ELZ

V-AAI-3S 1

NA26

V-3AAIS 1

SBL

V-AAI-3P 1

SCV

V-AAI-3S 1

STV

V-AAI-3S 1

TIS

V-AAI-3P 1

V-AAI-3S 1

TRG

V-AAI-3S 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπικαθ-ίζω,

I set upon, τινὰ ἐπί τι Hp. Art. 78: abs., (sc. κλίμακι) ibid.; τινὰ ἐν ἅρματι LXX 4 Ki.. 10.16; ἐν ὅπλοις ἀφανῶς ἐ. τὸ στρατιωτικόν J. AJ 18.3.1: — Med., φυλακὴν ἐπεκαθίσαντο had a guard set, Th. 4.130 (ἐπικαθίσταντο Poppo).

II. Intr.,

1. sit upon, πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσι Eup. 94.5; τοῖς καρχησίοις ἐ. light upon, Plu. Them. 12, cf. Thphr. CP 6.10.5.

2.. sit down against, besiege, πόλει Plb. 4.61.6.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐπικαθίζω: 1 aorist ἐπεκαθισα;

1. to cause to sit upon, to set upon: Matthew 21:7 Rec.elz

2. intransitive, to sit upon: Matthew, the passage cited (Rec.st) G L T Tr WH, others

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐπι -καθ -ίζω ,

[in LXX for H7392, etc.;]

to sit upon: Matthew 21:7.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐπικαθίζω is found in the NT only in Matthew 21:7. Cf. ἐπικάθημαι in P Tebt II. 391.11 (A.D. 99) τοὺς ἐν τῇ κώμῃ καταγινομένους καὶ ἐπικαθημένους ἄνδρες (l. –ας), ";the inhabitants of and settlers in the village"; (Edd.).

List of Word Forms

επεκάθητο επεκάθισαν επεκαθισεν επεκάθισεν ἐπεκάθισεν επικαθίση επικαθιώ epekathisen epekáthisen