Strong's Lexicon
G2678 — κατασείω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2678 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κατασείω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2596 and G4579 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | kataseio |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-as-ei'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to sway downward, i.e. make a signal |
| KJV Renderings: | beckon |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατασείω: 1 aorist κατεσεισα;
1. to shake down, throw down (cf. κατά, III. 1; (from Thucydides on)).
2. to shake: τήν χεῖρα, to make a sign by shaking (i. e. rapidly waving) the hand (Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 28; τάς χεῖρας, ibid. de Josepho § 36); of one about to speak who signals for silence, Act 19:33; hence, simply κατασείειν, τίνι, to make a sign, to signal with the hand to one, Xenophon, Cyril 5, 4, 4; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 11, 2; then, with a disregard of the origin of the phrase, the instrumental dative, τῇ χειρί was added, Polybius 1, 78, 3; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 48; so of one about to make an address: Act 12:17; Act 13:16; Act 21:40; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 11, 2.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κατασείω (beckon)
Acts 12:17
- KJV: But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison And he said Go shew these things unto James and to the brethren And he departed and went into another place
- GK: κατασείσας δε αυτοίς τη χειρί σιγάν διηγήσατο αυτοίς πως ο κύριος αυτόν εξήγαγεν εκ της φυλακής είπε δε απαγγείλατε Ιακώβω και τοις αδελφοίς ταύτα και εξελθών επορεύθη εις έτερον τόπον
Acts 13:16
- KJV: Then Paul stood up and beckoning with hand said Men of Israel and ye that fear God give audience
- GK: αναστάς δε Παύλος και κατασείσας τη χειρί είπεν άνδρες Ισραηλίται και οι φοβούμενοι τον θεόν ακούσατε
Acts 19:33
- KJV: And they drew Alexander out of the multitude the Jews putting him forward And Alexander beckoned with the hand and would have made his defence unto the people
- GK: εκ δε του όχλου προεβίβασαν Αλέξανδρον προβαλλόντων αυτόν των Ιουδαίων ο δε Αλέξανδρος κατασείσας την χείρα ήθελεν απολογείσθαι τω δήμω
Acts 21:40
- KJV: And when he had given him licence Paul stood on the stairs and beckoned with the hand unto the people And when there was made a great silence he spake unto in the Hebrew tongue saying
- GK: επιτρέψαντος δε αυτού ο Παύλος εστώς επί των αναβάθμων κατέσεισε τη χειρί τω λαώ πολλής δε σιγής γενομένης προσεφώνησε τη Εβραϊδι διαλέκτω λέγων