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Strong's #2524 - καθίημι

Transliteration
kathíēmi
Phonetics
kath-ee'-ay-mee
Origin
from (G2596), and hiemi (to send)
Parts of Speech
Verb
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. to send down, to let down
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 5117 ‑ נוּחַ (noo'‑akh);  5414 ‑ נָתַן (naw‑than');  7725 ‑ שׁוּב (shoob);  7993 ‑ שָׁלַךְ (shaw‑lak');  
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

καθίημι,

Ion. κατ-, fut. καθήσω A. Eu. 555 (lyr.): aor. 1 καθῆκα, καθέηκα Il. 24.642: 2 dual aor. 2 κάθετον h.Ap. 487: pf. καθεῖκα Lysipp. 1, D. 29.46: (v. ἵημι):

I

1. let fall, drop, send down, κὰδ δὲ [ κεραυνὸν ].. ἧκε Χαμᾶζε Il. 8.134; κατὰ δ' ὑψόθεν ἧκεν ἐέρσας 11.53; οἶνον λαυκανίης καθέηκα I have sent the wine down my throat, 24.642; καθίετε ἵππους ἐν δίνῃσι sink them in the stream, as an offering to the river-god, 21.132; [ ἱστία ] ἐς νῆας κάθεμεν we let them down, lowered them, Od. 9.72; λαῖφος καθήσειν A. Eu. l.c.; σχοίνῳ σπυρίδα κ. let it down by a cord, Hdt. 5.16; σῶμα πύργων κ. E. Tr. 1011; κοντὸν ἐς [ τὴν λίμνην ] κ. Hdt. 4.195; ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἅλα E. Hel. 1614; ὅπλα εἰς ἅλἀ ib. 1375; καθεῖσαν δέλεάρ μοι φρενῶν Id. IT 1181 (so metaph. τοῦτον τὸν λόγον καθεῖκε D. 29.46); κ. τι ἐς πῶμα E. Ion 1034; νάρθηκ' ἐς πέδον Id. Ba. 706; κ. σπονδάς pour them, Id. IA 60; τὸν κλῆρον ἐς μέσον καθείς, of putting lots into a helmet or urn, S. Aj. 1285; ἄγκυραν Hdt. 7.36; τὰ δίκτυα Arist. HA 533b18; κατιεμένην καταπειρητηρίην, of a sounding-line, Hdt. 2.28: abs., καθιέναι reach by sounding, sound, οὐδεὶς καθεὶς ἐδυνήθη πέρας εὑρεῖν Arist. Mete. 351a13: Medic., [ αὐλίσκον ] pass a catheter, Ruf. Ren.Ves. 7.11; οἵαν πρόφασιν καθῆκε (παρὰ προσδοκίαν for οἷον ἄγκιστρον) Ar. V. 174; λόγους συμβατηρίους κ. make offers of peace, D.C. 41.47; κ. πεῖραν make an attempt, Ael. VH 2.13, NA 1.57; εἰς ὤμους κ. κόμας let one's hair flow loose, E. Ba. 695, cf. IT 52; κ. πώγωνα let one's beard grow long, Ar. Ec. 100, cf. Th. 841, Arr. Epict. 2.23.21 (Pass., τὰς τρίχας καθειμέναι Crates Com. 27; πώγωνα καθειμένος Plu. Phoc. 10; τὸ γένειον αὐτῷ καθεῖτο Ael. VH 11.10); [ αἱ ὄϊες ] μείζω τὰ οὔθατα καθιᾶσιν Arist. HA 596a24 (Pass., of a mare's udder, Hdt. 4.2); also τείχη καθεῖναι ἐς θάλασσαν carry them down to the sea, Th. 5.52 (Pass., καθεῖτο τείχη 4.103); καθῆκε τὰ σκέλη let down his legs, of one who had been lying, Pl. Phd. 61c; κατ' ἀμφοῖν ἄμφω (sc. τὰ σκέλη) καθέντος, of a wrestler, Gal. 6.143; κ. δόρατα let down one's pike, bring it to the rest, X. An. 6.5.25; κ. τὰς κώπας let down the oars, so as to stop the ship's way, Th. 2.91; rarely of striking, δι' ὀμφαλοῦ καθῆκεν ἔγχος E. Ph. 1413; καθῆκε ξύλον παιδὸς ἐς κάρα Id. HF 993; κ. πρὸς γαῖαν γόνυ to kneel down, Id. Hec. 561; ἐς δὲ γῆν γόνυ καμάτῳ καθεῖσαν Id. IT 333; κ. τινὰ ἐς ὕπνον let him fall asleep, Id. HF 1006; εἰς κίνδυνον ἐμαυτόν D.H. 5.27; [ πώλους ] ἐς λειμώνων Χλόην E. IA 423; of a general, κ. στρατόπεδα εἰς.. let them march into.., Plb. 3.70.11; εἰς τὸ πεδίον τὴν δύναμιν Id. 3.92.7; κ. ἐπί τινας τόπους ἐνέδρας lay an ambush, Id. 4.63.9: Pass., stretch down seawards, ὄρεα μέχρι πρὸς τὴν θάλατταν καθειμένα Pl. Criti. 118a; ἕως γῆς τοῦ πρηστῆρος καθιεμένου Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.47U., cf. p.51 U.; τὸ καθειμένον τῆς φωνῆς low tone of voice, Hdn. 5.2.3.

2. send down into the arena, enter for racing, ἅρματα, ζεύγη, Th. 6.16, Isoc. 16.34; of plays, produce, Eratosth. ap. Sch. Ar. Nu. 552 (Pass.); διδασκαλίαν Plu. Cim. 8; so ἔδοξε τοῖς πρυτάνεσι.. γνώμας καθεῖναι (Com. for προθεῖναι) Ar. Ec. 397; κατὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν λογοποιοὺς κ. D. 24.15: freq. in later Greek in a general sense, set in motion, employ, Luc. DMeretr. 7.4; κ. ἔς τινας ὑποψίας Philostr. VA 6.38; φίλους καὶ ῥήτορας κ. employ them, Plu. Per. 7, cf. Philostr. VA 4.42: Pass., to be put in motion, ἡ στρατηλασίη κατίετο ἐς πᾶσαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα Hdt. 7.138.

3. allow to return from exile, φυγάδας X. HG 2.2.20.

II intr., swoop down like a wind, λαμπρὸς καὶ μέγας καθιείς Ar. Eq. 430; of rivers, run down, ἑκατέρωσε μέχρι τοῦ μέσου Pl. Phd. 112e; κ. εἰς γόνυ sink on the knee, Plu. Ant. 45; κ. εἰς ἀγῶνα, Lat. descendere in arenam, Id. 2.616d, Luc. Alex. 6; κ. ἐς Ῥόδον arrive there, v.l. for κατῆγεν, Polyaen. 5.17.2.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

καθίημι: 1 aorist καθῆκα; (from Homer on); to send down, let down: εἰς, Luke 5:19; διά with the genitive of place, ibid. and Acts 9:25; present passive participle καθιεμενος let down, ἐπί τῆς γῆς, Acts 10:11; ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, Acts 11:5.


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

καθ -ίημι ,

[in LXX: Exodus 17:11 (H5117 hi.), and v.l., 1 Chronicles 21:27, Zechariah 11:13, Jeremiah 32:14*;]

to send or let down: seq. εἰς , Luke 5:19; διά , c. gen., ib., Acts 9:25; ptcp., seq. ἐπί , c. gen., Acts 10:11; ἐκ , Acts 11:5.†


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

P Petr III. 42 C (14).5 (B.C. 255) καθεῖκα. For the postclassical use of the verb, which in the NT is confined to the Lukan writings, see the exx. in Schmid Atticismus iv. p. 360.

 


The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
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List of Word Forms
κάθες καθηκαν καθήκαν καθῆκαν καθήκε καθιεμενην καθιεμένην καθιεμενον καθιέμενον κάθισιν kathekan kathêkan kathēkan kathē̂kan kathiemenen kathiemenēn kathieménen kathieménēn kathiemenon kathiémenon
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