kathezomai describes being seated or remaining seated at a stated place, including while teaching, listening, waiting, or watching.

The attested use consistently depicts persons in a seated position or remaining seated at a particular location: by a well, in a house, among teachers, in a council, at a window, or at the head and foot of a burial place. The present participles identify seated people within a scene, while the imperfect indicative forms portray an ongoing seated position.

1. Being or remaining seated in a setting · dominant

   Present middle participles describe people located while seated: in Acts 20:9 the APB renders a young man “sitting in the window,” while in John 20:12 it renders two angels “sitting” at the head and foot of where the body had been laid. The imperfect middle indicative marks an ongoing position in John 4:6, where the APB renders Jesus “was sitting” at the well, and in John 11:20, where Mary “remained seated in the house.”

   Acts 20:9Acts 6:15John 11:20John 20:12John 4:6Luke 2:46

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB uses “sitting,” “seated,” “was sitting,” “remained seated,” and “sat” for the surrounding clauses. These renderings confirm the scenes' seated positions without assigning each English expression exclusively to the lemma.