Vocabulary Form
κάθημαι
Definition

I sit (down), live

Erasmian
Modern
Root
καθη
Frequency
91
GK
2764
Forms
καθήσομαι, -, -, -, -
Cognates

When the pope speaks "ex cathedra" (which is actually from the Latin but with obvious links to the Greek), he is speaking with the full authority of the pope, as one who is sitting on the seat of authority.

Biblical Concordance

Revelation 14:15 Then another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice to the one who was sitting (kathēmenō | καθημένῳ | pres mid ptcp dat sg masc) on the cloud, “Thrust in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
Revelation 14:16 So the one who sat (kathēmenos | καθήμενος | pres mid ptcp nom sg masc) on the cloud swung his sickle across the earth, and the earth was reaped.
Revelation 17:1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated (kathēmenēs | καθημένης | pres mid ptcp gen sg fem) on many waters.
Revelation 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into a wilderness, and there I saw a woman sitting (kathēmenēn | καθημένην | pres mid ptcp acc sg fem) on a scarlet beast covered with blasphemous names. It had seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation 17:9 “This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits (kathētai | κάθηται | pres mid ind 3 sg). They are also seven kings:
Revelation 17:15 Then the angel said to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated (kathētai | κάθηται | pres mid ind 3 sg), are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
Revelation 18:7 As she exalted herself and lived in luxury, give her an equal measure of torment and mourning; because in her heart she said, ‘I sit (kathēmai | κάθημαι | pres mid ind 1 sg) as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I will never see.’
Revelation 19:4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated (kathēmenō | καθημένῳ | pres mid ptcp dat sg masc) on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!”
Revelation 19:11 Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one riding (kathēmenos | καθήμενος | pres mid ptcp nom sg masc) it is called Faithful and True, and with justice he judges and makes war.
Revelation 19:18 to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty warriors, the flesh of horses and those who ride (kathēmenōn | καθημένων | pres mid ptcp gen pl masc) on them — the flesh of all, both free and slave, and small and great.”
Revelation 19:19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered to make war against the one who rode (kathēmenou | καθημένου | pres mid ptcp gen sg masc) the horse and against his army.
Revelation 19:21 And the rest were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode (kathēmenou | καθημένου | pres mid ptcp gen sg masc) the horse; and all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh.
Revelation 20:11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who was seated (kathēmenon | καθήμενον | pres mid ptcp acc sg masc) on it. From his presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.
Revelation 21:5 And the one seated (kathēmenos | καθήμενος | pres mid ptcp nom sg masc) on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And he said, “Write it down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”