Quick Definition
παρακαθίζω v. I sit down beside
Strong's Definition
to sit down near
Derivation: from G3844 (παρά) and G2523 (καθίζω);
KJV Usage: sit
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | καθίζω
17.14 · Stances and Events Related to Stances · Sit
to sit down by, to sit down near to sit down near or beside someone
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παρα-καθίζω: 1 aor. ptep. fem. παρακαθίσασα, to make lo sit down beside [(mapa, IV. 1)]; to set beside, place near ; intrans. to sit down beside: παρά τι, Lk. χ. 89 RG L [but L mrg. πρός] (Sept. Job ii. 13; Plut. Marius 17; Cleom. 37; in this sense the mid. is more com. in the Grk. writ.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παρα-καθίζω,
[in LXX: Jb 2:13 (ישׁב)*;]
to set beside; act. for mid., to sit down beside: Lk 10:39, Rec. (for -έζομαι, q.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παρακαθέζομαι, “sit beside,” occurs in the NT only in Lk τοϑϑ. there may have suggested the words put into the mouths of the women at the tomb of Jesus in Ev. Petr. 11 τίς δὲ - ἵνα εἰσελθοῦσαι Its use ἀποκυλίσει ἡμῖν καὶ τὸν λίθον. παρακαθεσθῶμεν αὐτῷ καὶ ποιήσωμεν τὰ ὀφειλόμενα ; For the corresponding verb παρακαθιζάνω cf. Sy//3 71785 (B.C. 100-99) ταῖς σχολαῖς παρακαθιζάνων, and for παρακάOnpat see PSI IV. 402?° (iii/B.c.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παρακαθίζω (parakathizō) — to sit by. παρακαθ-ίζω, perfect παρακεκαθικέναι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—set beside or near, [LXX+5th c.BC+]
2. middle with aorist 1 παρεκαθισάμην, let another sit down beside one, π. παῖδας καὶ γυναῖκας ἑαυτοῖς [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also π. τινά make him assessor or co-arbiter, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. mostly passive and middle, future -καθιζήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 2 παρεκαθεζόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle παρακαθεζόμενος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later -καθεσθείς [NT+1st c.AD+]:—seat oneself, sit down beside or near another, [same places], [Refs 5th c.BC+]