Definition of "sitteth"

And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Revelation 17:15

A perfect reason in the central brain,Which has no power, but sitteth wan and cold,[...] and trieth vainlyTo cheat itself refusing to behold.

1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, section XI