Kataseio means “beckon” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2678 — chitstsi (“arrow”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2678 κατασείω (kataseio) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kataseio (kat-as-ei'-o) v. 1. to sway downward, i.e. make a signal [from G2596 and G4579] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include beckoning and beckoned. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
kataseio (kat-as-ei'-o) v. 1. to sway downward, i.e. make a signal [from G2596 and G4579] KJV: beckon Root(s): G2596, G4579
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2678. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to signal
Usage: κατα-σείω [in LXX: Da TH Bel 1:14 AR, 1Ma.6:38 * ;] __1. to shake down. __2. Of the hand, to shake or wave as a signal: τ. χεῖρα, Act.19:33; τ. χειρί, Act.13:16; id. with dative of person(s), Act.21:40; before inf., Act.12:17.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kataseio, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2678 (κατασείω) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
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.
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
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.
3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
As for the remnant of the horsemen, they set them on this side and that side at the two parts of the host, giving them signs what to do, and being harnessed all over amidst the ranks.
And he hearkened to them, and proved them ten days.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2678.
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.
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
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.
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 them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
As for the remnant of the horsemen, they set them on this side and that side at the two parts of the host, giving them signs what to do, and being harnessed all over amidst the ranks.
And he hearkened to them, and proved them ten days.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2678, grouped by book.
Kataseio (Strong's G2678) is a Greek word most simply glossed "beckon". kataseio (kat-as-ei'-o) v. 1. to sway downward, i.e. make a signal [from G2596 and G4579]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G2678 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2678 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as beckoning and beckoned. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2678, with linked reader references where each row is available.