Strong's Lexicon
G2639 — καταλέγω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
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