# G2678 κατασείω

κατασείω (kataseíō), Strong’s G2678: to sway downward, i.e. make a signal KJV: beckon. Occurs 4 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G2678 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*kataseíō* — to sway downward, i.e. make a signal

KJV: beckon

Built from [κατά katá](https://besorah.bible/word/G2596) (about) + [σείω seíō](https://besorah.bible/word/G4579) (to rock)

Occurs 4 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 12:17](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/12?v=17) — But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison…
- [Acts 13:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/13?v=16) — Paul stood up, and gesturing with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.
- [Acts 19:33](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/19?v=33) — They brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. Alexander beckoned with his hand, and would…
- [1 Maccabees 6:38](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-maccabees/6?v=38) — The rest of the cavalry he set on this side and that side on the two flanks of the army, striking terror into the…