Quick Definition
I enter in a list, register
Strong's Definition
to lay down, i.e. (figuratively) to enrol
Derivation: from G2596 (κατά) and G3004 (λέγω) (in its original meaning);
KJV Usage: take into the number
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καταλέγω: present passive imperative καταλεγέσθω;
1. properly, to lay down; middle to lie down (Homer).
2. to narrate at length, recount, set forth (from Homer on).
3. to set down in a list or register, to enroll (especially soldiers; see Passow, under the word, 5; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2 (yet the latter connect this use with the meaning of to choose))): of those widows who held a prominent place in the church and exercised a certain superintendence over the rest of the women, and had charge of the widows and orphans supported at public expense, 1Ti_5:9 (Winer's Grammar, 590 (549)); cf. DeWette (or Ellicott) at the passage.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταλέγω katalegō 1x
to select, enter in a list or catalog, enroll, 1Ti_5:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κατα -λέγω ,
[in LXX : Deu_19:16 ( H6030 ), 2Ma_7:30 R * ;]
1. to lay down; mid . (in Hom .), to lie down.
2. to narrate ( LXX , ll . c .).
3. to choose out , hence, to enrol (as of soldiers, Hdt ., Thuc ., a1., v. LS , s.v. ): of widows, pass ., 1Ti_5:9 ( cf. Ellic .; CGT , in l ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταλέγομαι (~ καταλέγω ) [page 329]
The technical use in 1Ti_5:9 = enroll, occurs in BGU IV. 1073 .10 (A.D. 274) περὶ τοῦ καταλ [ε ]λέχθαι αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν σύλλογον τῆς ἱερᾶς συνόδου , Michel 165 .2 (ii/B.C.) τῆς καταλεγείσης κανηφόρου , enrolled as basket-bearer. For καταλογεῖον = bureau, see Chrest. Καταλογή in the derived sense of respect, reverence, is found in Syll 328 .8 (B.C. 84) : see the editor s note.
[Supplemental from 1930 edition]
For καταλογή , see Olsson Papyrusbriefe , p. 54.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
καταλέγω fut. ξω "to lay down": Mid. and Pass. "to lie down, go to bed", aor1 κατελέξατο Hom. ; epic syncop. aor2 pass. κατέλεκτο Il. , etc.; part. καταλέγμενος and inf. καταλέχθαι Od. ; fut. καταλέξομαι Hes. "to pick out, choose out" of many, Hdt. :— "to choose" as soldiers, "to enrol, enlist", Ar. , Thuc. ; Mid. "to choose for himself", Hdt. , Thuc. , etc.:—Pass. "to be enlisted or enrolled", Lat. conscribi, Hdt. , etc. "to recount, tell at length or in order", in fut. or aor1, ταῦτα καταλέξω Il. ; πᾶσαν ἀληθείην κατάλεξον id=Il. :—Pass., τούτων δὴ τῶν καταλεχθέντων of those "which have been recounted", Hdt. "to reckon up", Od. , Hdt. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κατα-λέγω
[in LXX: Deu.19:16 (עָנָה), 2Ma.7:30 R * ;]
__1. to lay down; mid. (in Hom.), to lie down.
__2. to narrate (LXX, ll. with).
__3. to choose out, hence, to enrol (as of soldiers, Hdt., Thuc., a1., see LS, see word): of widows, pass., 1Ti.5:9 (cf. Ellic.; CGT, in l).†
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