verb
epikathizamō
Strong’sG1940
I sit upon
stem epikathiz-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐπι-καθ-ίζω
[in LXX for רָכַב, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1940 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
set upon, τινὰ ἐπί τι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Art.” 78: absolutely, (i.e. κλίμακι)Refs; τινὰ ἐν ἅρματι Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum 4 Ki..10.16; ἐν ὅπλοις ἀφανῶς ἐ. τὸ στρατιωτικόν 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.3.1:—middle, φυλακὴν ἐπεκαθίσαντο had a guard set, Refs
II. Intr., sit upon, πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθιζεν ἐπὶ τοῖς χείλεσι 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 94.5; τοῖς καρχησίοις ἐ. light upon, Refs 1st c.AD+
II.2. sit down against, besiege, πόλει 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.61.6.
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| epikathizataἐπεκάθισεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | sat | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epikathizamō | epikathizame | epikathizami | epikathizama | epikathizamē | epikathizamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | epikathizasō | epikathizase | epikathizasi | epikathizasa | epikathizasē | epikathizaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epikathizatō | epikathizate | epikathizati | epikathizata1×ἐπεκάθισεν | epikathizatē | epikathizatelē |
| we 1st person plural | epikathizanō | epikathizane | epikathizani | epikathizana | epikathizanē | epikathizanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epikathizavō | epikathizave | epikathizavi | epikathizava | epikathizavē | epikathizavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | epikathizalō | epikathizale | epikathizali | epikathizala | epikathizalē | epikathizalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epikathizameiō | epikathizameia | epikathizameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | epikathizaseiō | epikathizaseia | epikathizaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epikathizateiō | epikathizateia | epikathizateiē |
| we 1st person plural | epikathizaneiō | epikathizaneia | epikathizaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epikathizaveiō | epikathizaveia | epikathizaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | epikathizaleiō | epikathizaleia | epikathizaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | epikathizasōr | epikathizasar | epikathizasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epikathizatōr | epikathizatar | epikathizatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | epikathizavōr | epikathizavar | epikathizavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | epikathizalōr | epikathizalar | epikathizalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epikathizamoiō | epikathizamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | epikathizasoiō | epikathizasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epikathizatoiō | epikathizatoia |
| we 1st person plural | epikathizanoiō | epikathizanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | epikathizavoiō | epikathizavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | epikathizaloiō | epikathizaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | epikathizarō | epikathizari | epikathizara | epikathizarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | epikathizarōntos | epikathizarintos | epikathizarantos | epikathizarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
epikathiz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
epikathizata“sat”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Matthew 21:7… epitithala epi autoiu teim himatieim, kai epikathizata epanō autoiu.… their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.