Strong's #2678: kataseio (pronounced kat-as-i'-o)

from 2596 and 4579; to sway downward, i.e. make a signal:--beckon.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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kataseiō

1) to shake down, throw down

2) to shake

2a) to make a sign, to signal with the hand to one

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G2596 and G4579

Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

 

Acts 12:17: "But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them"
Acts 13:16: "Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel,"
Acts 19:33: "putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would"
Acts 21:40: "on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people."