16 occurrences in 12 translations

'Sit' in the Bible

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am intelligent; and I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures, and, like a valiant man, I have brought down them that sit on thrones;

She doth not sit for ever, Nor continueth unto many generations, Nor doth Arab pitch tent there, And shepherds lie not down there.

For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

""I know when you rise up and when you sit down, your comings and goings and how you've become enraged at me.

To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

Another shapes wood, he extends a measuring line; he outlines it with red chalk. He works it with planes and outlines it with a compass, and makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of man, so that it may sit in a house.

Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:

Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.

Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
συνανάκειμαι 
sunanakeimai 
sit at meat with , sit with , sit together with , sit down with , sit at table with
Usage: 8

ἀνακλίνω 
Anaklino 
Usage: 5

ἀνακεῖμαι 
Anakeimai 
sit at meat , guests , sit , sit down , be set down , lie , lean , at the table
Usage: 10

κάθημαι 
Kathemai 
sit , sit down , sit by , be set down , dwell
Usage: 78

κατακλίνω 
Kataklino 
Usage: 1

ἀναπίπτω 
Anapipto 
sit down , sit down to meat , be set down , lean
Usage: 8

καθίζω 
Kathizo 
sit , sit down , set , be set , be set down , continue , tarry
Usage: 30

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 16

דּגר 
Dagar 
Usage: 2

ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

יתב 
Y@thiyb (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

משׁב מושׁב 
Mowshab 
Usage: 44

מצק מצוּק 
Matsuwq 
Usage: 2

שׁבת 
Shebeth 
Usage: 3

ἀνακαθίζω 
Anakathizo 
sit up
Usage: 2

ἐπιβαίνω 
Epibaino 
sit , come , go aboard , take 9 , come into , enter into
Usage: 6

καθέζομαι 
Kathezomai 
sit
Usage: 5

κατάκειμαι 
Katakeimai 
lie , sit at meat , keep , sat down
Usage: 11

παρακαθίζω 
Parakathizo 
sit
Usage: 1

συγκάθημαι 
Sugkathemai 
sat Trans , sit with
Usage: 2

συγκαθίζω 
Sugkathizo 
Usage: 2

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