What does κατασείω (kataseíō) mean in the Bible?
κατασείω (kataseíō) is a Greek word meaning "to signal".
Greek · G2678
κατασείω
To signal
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κατασείω G2678
Pronunciation kataseíō
What does κατασείω (kataseíō) mean in the Bible?
κατασείω (kataseíō) is a Greek word meaning "to signal".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2678?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] motioned (1), [Peter] motioned (1), motioned (1), motioned for silence (1).
Where does κατασείω (kataseíō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 12:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [and] motioned 1× Acts 21:40
[Peter] motioned 1× Acts 12:17
motioned 1× Acts 13:16
motioned for silence 1× Acts 19:33
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 12:17 κατασείσας to [Peter] motioned Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 13:16 κατασείσας to motioned Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 19:33 κατασείσας to motioned for silence Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 21:40 κατέσεισεν to [and] motioned Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 12:17
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 1
Acts 4
Source forms
κατασείσας 3x kataseisas Acts 12:17, Acts 13:16, Acts 19:33
κατέσεισεν 1x kateseisen Acts 21:40
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x Acts 12:17, Acts 13:16, Acts 19:33
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 21:40
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to signal
Source Gloss
to signal
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 12:17 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
κατασείσας kataseisav
I shake, wave, beckon
Read verse Acts 13:16 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
κατασείσας kataseisav
I shake, wave, beckon
Read verse Acts 19:33 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
κατασείσας kataseisav
I shake, wave, beckon
Read verse Acts 21:40 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
κατέσεισε kateseisen
I shake, wave, beckon
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 4
Voice
active 4
Mood
participle 3 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
κατασείω is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain