- Transliteration: Kathemai

- Phonetic: kath'-ay-mahee

- Definition:

1. to sit down, seat one's self

2. to sit, be seated, of a place occupied

a. to have a fixed abode, to dwell

- Origin: from G2596" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2596, and hemai (to sit, akin to the base of G1476" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1476)

- TDNT entry: 10:20,4

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From G2596" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2596 and ἧμαι hē mai (to sit; akin to the base of G1476" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1476); to sit down; figuratively to remain reside: - dwell sit (by down).