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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
is used (a) of the natural posture, e.g., Matthew 9:9 , most frequently in the Apocalypse, some 32 times; frequently in the Gospels and Acts; elsewhere only in 1—Corinthians 14:30; James 2:3 (twice); and of Christ's position of authority on the throne of God, Colossians 3:1 , AV, "sitteth" (RV, "is, seated"); Hebrews 1:13 (cp. Matthew 22:44; 26:64 and parallel passages in Mark and Luke, and Acts 2:34 ); often as antecedent or successive to, or accompanying, another act (in no case a superfluous expression), e.g., Matthew 15:29; 27:36; Mark 2:14; 4:1; (b) metaphorically in Matthew 4:16 (twice); Luke 1:79; of inhabiting a place (translated "dwell"), Luke 21:35; Revelation 14:6 , RV marg., "sit" (in the best texts: some have katoikeo, "to dwell"). See Dwell.
"to sit with" (sun, "with," and No. 1), occurs in Mark 14:54; Acts 26:30 . In the Sept., Psalm 101:6 , "dwell."
"to recline at table" (ana, "up," keimai, "to lie"), is rendered "to sit at meat" in Matthew 9:10 (RV, marg., "reclined"); 26:7; 26:20, RV, "He was sitting at meat" (AV, "He sat down"); Mark 16:14; in some mss. Luke 7:37 (see No. 5); 22:27 (twice); in Mark 14:18 , "sat;" in John 6:11 , "were set down;" John 12:2 in the best texts (see No. 4). See Guest , Lean , Lie , Note (1), Set , No. 22, Table (at the).
"to recline at table with or together" (sun, and No. 3), "to sit at meat or at table with," occurs in Matthew 9:10 , "sat down;" Matthew 14:9; Mark 2:15 , RV, "sat down with" (AV, "sat ... together with"); 6:22; Luke 7:49; 14:10,15; John 12:2 (in some texts).
"to lie down" (kata, "down," andkeimai, cp. No. 3), is used of "reclining at a meal," Mark 2:15; 14:3; Luke 5:29 , RV, "were sitting at meat" (AV, "sat down"); Luke 7:37 (in the best texts); 1—Corinthians 8:10 . See Keep , Lie.
"to cause to recline, make to sit down," is used in the Active Voice, in Luke 12:37 (also in Luke 2:7 , of "laying" the infant Christ in the manger); in the Passive, Matthew 8:11; 14:19; Mark 6:39 (in the best texts); in some texts, Luke 7:36; 9:15 (see No. 7); 13:29. See Lay.
is used only in connection with meals, (a) in the Active Voice, "to make recline," Luke 9:14,15 (in the best texts); in the Passive Voice, "to recline," Luke 7:36 (in the best texts), "sat down to meat;" Luke 14:8; 24:30 (RV, "had sat down ... to meat").
is used (a) transitively, "to make sit down," Acts 2:30 (see also Set , No. 9); (b) intransitively, "to sit down," e.g., Matthew 5:1 , RV, "when (He) had sat down" (AV, "was set"); Matthew 19:28; 20:21,23; 23:2; 25:31; 26:36; Mark 11:2,7; 12:41; Luke 14:28,31; 16:6; John 19:13; Acts 2:3 (of the tongues of fire); 8:31; 1—Corinthians 10:7; 2—Thessalonians 2:4 , "he sitteth," aorist tense, i.e., "he takes his seat" (as, e.g., in Mark 16:19 ); Revelation 3:21 (twice), RV, "to sit down" and "sat down;" Revelation 20:4 .
"to sit down beside" (para), in a Passive Voice form, occurs in the best mss. in Luke 10:39 . Some texts have the verb parakathizo, "to set beside," Active form in Middle sense.
denotes (a) transitively, "to make to sit together," Ephesians 2:6; (b) intransitively, Luke 22:55 , RV, "had sat down together" (AV, "were set down").
"to set up," is used intransitively, "to sit up," of two who were raised from the dead, Luke 7:15; Acts 9:40 .
"to fall back" (ana, "back," pipto, "to fall"), denotes in the NT, "to recline for a repast," Matthew 15:35; Mark 6:40; 8:6; Luke 11:37; 14:10; 17:7; 22:14; John 6:10 (twice); 13:12; in John 13:25; 21:20 it is used of leaning on the bosom of Christ. See Lean. In the Sept., Genesis 49:9 .
"to sit (down)," is used in Matthew 26:55; Luke 2:46; John 4:6; 11:20; 20:12; Acts 6:15 .
Matthew 21:5Ride.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. t.) To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.
(2): ( v. t.) To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress.
(3): ( v. t.) To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
(4): ( v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
(5): ( v. t.) To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; - used impersonally.
(6): ( v. t.) To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
(7): ( v. t.) To hold a session; to be in session for official business; - said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night.
(8): ( v. t.) To suit (well / ill); to become.
(9): ( v. t.) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
(10): ( v. t.) To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.
(11): ( v. t.) To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; - said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground.
(12): obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.
(13): ( v. t.) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; - used reflexively.
(14): ( v. t.) To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; - with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
(15): ( v. t.) To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.
King James Dictionary [3]
SIT, pret. sat old pp. sitten L. sedeo.
1. To rest upon the buttocks, as animals as, to sit on a sofa or on the ground. 2. To perch to rest on the feet as fowls. 3. To occupy a seat or place in an official capacity. The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. Matt. 23. 4. To be in a state of rest or idleness. Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? Num. 32. 5. To rest, lie or bear on, as a weight or burned as, grief sits heavy on his heart. 6. To settle to rest to abide. Pale horror sat on each Arcadian face. 7. To incubate to cover and warm eggs for hatching as a fowl. As the partridge sitteth on eggs and hatcheth them not- Jer. 17. 8. To be adjusted to be, with respect to fitness or unfitness as, a coat sits well or This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, sits not so easy on me as you think. 9. To be placed in order to be painted as, to sit for one's picture. 10. To be in any situation or condition. Suppose all the church lands to be thrown up to the laity would the tenants sit easier in their rents than now? 11. To hold a session to be officially engaged in public business as judges, legislators or officers of any kind. The house of commons sometimes sits till late at night. The judges or the courts sit in Westminster hall. The commissioners sit every day. 12. To exercise authority as, to sit in judgment. One council sits upon life and death. 13. To be in any assembly or council as a member to have a seat. 14. To be in a local position. The wind sits fair. Unusual
