2678. kataseió
Strong's Concordance
kataseió: to shake
Original Word: κατασείω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kataseió
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as-i'-o)
Short Definition: I shake, wave, beckon
Definition: I shake (the hand) up and down, wave; intrans: I beckon for silence.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2678: κατασείω

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, Acts 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: Acts 12:17; Acts 13:16; Acts 21:40; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 11, 2.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
beckon.

From kata and seio; to sway downward, i.e. Make a signal -- beckon.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK seio

Forms and Transliterations
κατασεισας κατασείσας κατασιγηθείσα κατασιωπήσω κατεσεισε κατέσεισε κατέσεισεν κατεσιώπησε κατεσιώπησεν κατεσιώπων kataseisas kataseísas kateseisen katéseisen
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Strong's Greek 2678
4 Occurrences


κατασείσας — 3 Occ.
κατέσεισεν — 1 Occ.

Acts 12:17 V-APA-NMS
GRK: κατασείσας δὲ αὐτοῖς
NAS: But motioning to them with his hand
KJV: But he, beckoning unto them
INT: having made a sign moreover to them

Acts 13:16 V-APA-NMS
GRK: Παῦλος καὶ κατασείσας τῇ χειρὶ
NAS: stood up, and motioning with his hand
KJV: and beckoning with [his] hand
INT: Paul and having made a sign with the hand

Acts 19:33 V-APA-NMS
GRK: δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος κατασείσας τὴν χεῖρα
NAS: had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand,
KJV: Alexander beckoned with the hand,
INT: and Alexander having made a sign with the hand

Acts 21:40 V-AIA-3S
GRK: τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν κατέσεισεν τῇ χειρὶ
NAS: on the stairs, motioned to the people
KJV: the stairs, and beckoned with the hand
INT: the stairs made a sign with the hand

4 Occurrences

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