Strong's Lexicon

G2639

G2639 — καταλέγω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekkatalegoverbOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G2639
Word:καταλέγω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G2596 and G3004 (in its original meaning)
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:katalego
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kat-al-eg'-o
Meaning:1. to lay down 2. (figuratively) to enrol
KJV Renderings:take into the number

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

καταλέγω: present passive imperative καταλεγέσθω;

1. properly, to lay down; middle to lie down (Homer).

2. to narrate at length, recount, set forth (from Homer on).

3. to set down in a list or register, to enroll (especially soldiers; see Passow, under the word, 5; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2 (yet the latter connect this use with the meaning of to choose))): of those widows who held a prominent place in the church and exercised a certain superintendence over the rest of the women, and had charge of the widows and orphans supported at public expense, 1Ti 5:9 (Winer’s Grammar, 590 (549)); cf. DeWette (or Ellicott) at the passage.

Englishman's Greek Concordance

καταλέγω (take into the number)

1 Timothy 5:9

KJV: Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old having been the wife of one man
GK: χήρα καταλεγέσθω μη έλαττον ετών εξήκοντα γεγονυία ενός ανδρός γυνή
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