What does "Sitting" mean in the Bible?
The attitude generally assumed in Palestine by those who were engaged in any kind of work. Sitting appears in 18 verses across 5 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Sitting?
The attitude generally assumed in Palestine by those who were engaged in any kind of work. “The carpenter saws, planes, and hews with his hand-adze, sitting on the ground or upon the plank he is planning. The washerwoman sits by the tub; and, in a word, no one stands when it is possible to sit. Shopkeepers always sit, and Levi sitting at the receipt of custom (Matt. 9:9) is the exact way to state the case.”, Thomson, Land and Book.
Definition text: Easton's Bible Dictionary · 1897. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Greek word for Sitting?
Greek · G2521
κάθημαι
kathēmai
to sit
TBESG, from Abbott-Smith (1922). Public domain.
Where does Sitting appear in the Bible?
Sitting is referenced in 18 verses across 5 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Acts 2:2
- Acts 8:28
- Luke 5:27
- Luke 7:32
- Luke 8:35
- Matthew 11:16
- Matthew 24:3
- Matthew 26:64
- Matthew 27:19
- Matthew 27:36
- Matthew 27:61
- Mark 2:6
- Mark 2:14
- Mark 3:32
- Mark 5:15
- Mark 14:62
- Mark 16:5
- Revelation 17:3
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Sitting.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Sitting?
Sitting appears in 18 verses across 5 books, most often in Matthew, which accounts for 6 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Sitting?
Matthew, Mark, Luke, Acts, Revelation.
Where can I read every verse about Sitting?
This page lists 18 of them. Protos carries all 18, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
