כִּסֵּאkiççêʼ
כִּסֵּא: seat of honour, throne
Pronunciation: kis-say' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3678
Meanings
1.
a. of king = throne (Genesis 41:40; Exodus 11:5; Exodus 12:29)
b. throne of ׳ י (אלהים) as heavenly king (Isaiah 6:1; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 10:1)
2. of high priest (1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 4:13; 1 Samuel 4:18)
3.
a. figurative = royal dignity, authority, power (2 Samuel 14:9; 1 Kings 2:33; 2 Samuel 3:10)
b. throne of ׳ (אלהים) י = his royal dignity, sovereign (Lamentations 5:19; Psalms 93:2; Psalms 103:19)
כִּסֵּא: (see Biblical Hebrew כִּסֵּא throne)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 135 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 41:40 You will be in charge of my court, and all my people will take orders from you. Only I, sitting on my throne, will have a rank higher than yours.”
- Exodus 11:5 All the firstborn sons will die in every family in Egypt, from the oldest son of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, to the oldest son of his lowliest servant girl who grinds the flour. Even the firstborn of all the livestock will die.
- Exodus 12:29 And that night at midnight, the Lord struck down all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn son of the prisoner in the dungeon. Even the firstborn of their livestock were killed.
- Deuteronomy 17:18 “When he sits on the throne as king, he must copy for himself this body of instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
- Judges 3:20 Ehud walked over to Eglon, who was sitting alone in a cool upstairs room. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you!” As King Eglon rose from his seat,
- 1 Samuel 1:9 Once after a sacrificial meal at Shiloh, Hannah got up and went to pray. Eli the priest was sitting at his customary place beside the entrance of the Tabernacle.
See every passage
- Genesis 41:40
- Exodus 11:5, 12:29
- Deuteronomy 17:18
- Judges 3:20
- 1 Samuel 1:9, 2:8, 4:13, 4:18
- 2 Samuel 3:10, 7:13, 7:16, 14:9
- 1 Kings 1:13, 1:17, 1:20, 1:24, 1:27, 1:30, 1:35, 1:37, 1:46, 1:47, 1:48, 2:4, 2:12, 2:19, 2:24, 2:33, 2:45, 3:6, 5:5, 7:7, 8:20, 8:25, 9:5, 10:9, 10:18, 10:19, 16:11, 22:10, 22:19
- 2 Kings 4:10, 10:3, 10:30, 11:19, 13:13, 15:12, 25:28
- 1 Chronicles 17:12, 17:14, 22:10, 28:5, 29:23
- 2 Chronicles 6:10, 6:16, 7:18, 9:8, 9:17, 9:18, 18:9, 18:18, 23:20
- Nehemiah 3:7
- Esther 1:2, 3:1, 5:1
- Job 26:9, 36:7
- Psalms 9:4, 9:7, 11:4, 45:6, 47:8, 89:4, 89:14, 89:29, 89:36, 89:44, 93:2, 94:20, 97:2, 103:19, 122:5, 132:11, 132:12
- Proverbs 9:14, 16:12, 20:8, 20:28, 25:5, 29:14
- Isaiah 6:1, 9:7, 14:9, 14:13, 16:5, 22:23, 47:1, 66:1
- Jeremiah 1:15, 3:17, 13:13, 14:21, 17:12, 17:25, 22:2, 22:4, 22:30, 29:16, 33:17, 33:21, 36:30, 43:10, 49:38, 52:32
- Lamentations 5:19
- Ezekiel 1:26, 10:1, 26:16, 43:7
- Jonah 3:6
- Haggai 2:22
- Zechariah 6:13
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).