16 occurrences in 12 translations

'Sit' in the Bible

They're like little children who sit in the marketplace and shout to each other, "A wedding song we played for you, the dance you all did scorn. A woeful dirge we chanted, too, but then you would not mourn.'

Verse ConceptsdanceFlutesAmusementsLeisure, And PastimesMarketsMarketplacesMusic To CelebrateLike ChildrenNot Mourning

For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.

Verse ConceptsFiftiesFive ThousandReclining To EatNumbers Of Malesgroups

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

Verse ConceptsTablesCharacter Of SaintsClothing OneselfReclining To EatChrist Telling The TruthWaiting Till Marriageluck

And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

Verse ConceptseastHeaven,  Redeemed CommunityRest, EternalNorth And SouthNorth, South, East And WestReclining To EatThe Gospel Worldwide

When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

Verse ConceptsCelebritiesSocial FellowshipSeatsDo Not Be ProudGuest RoomsWaiting Till Marriageimportance

But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

Verse ConceptsPresumptionSeatsMoving UpwardsReclining To EatBe Humble!Guest RoomsBeing HumbleMoving OnMoving To A New PlaceWaiting Till Marriageovereating

“Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with 10,000 to oppose the one who comes against him with 20,000?

Verse ConceptsThoughtTwenty Thousand And UpFirst ActionsReady For WarWarSpiritual WarfareBattleGuidance And StrengthResolving Conflictriskarmy

And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, LiquidPeople Sitting DownOther Volume Measures

But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?

Verse ConceptsPloughingSittingReclining To EatPloughmenStock Keepingservanthood

having said, Go away to the village over-against, in which, entering into, ye shall find a colt bound, on which no one of men did ever sit, having loosed it, bring it;

Verse ConceptsRopesOpposite SidesUnusedBinding As AnimalsAnimals Serving Human Needs

And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

Verse ConceptsRight Hand Of GodSittingRight SidesComposersChrist Is Lord

Bible Theasaurus

Crouch (8 instances)
Kneel (21 instances)
Model (15 instances)
Pose (1 instance)
Posture (1 instance)

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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

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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