Lexical Definition

‎כִּסֵּא‎ kiççêʼ (kis-say') throne ^H:N-M
or כִּסֵּה kiççêh (kis-say'); from ‎כָּסָה‎

seat, stool, throne.

• properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)

1) seat (of honour), throne, seat, stool
1a) seat (of honour), throne
1b) royal dignity, authority, power (fig.)

See Greek: θρόνος

Extended Information

meaning of: כִּסֵּא

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כִּסֵּא‎, ‎כִּסֵּה‎₁₃₃ noun masculine^{2Sam 7:16} seat of honour, throne (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician (plural) ‎כרסים‎; Aramaic ‎כּוּרְסְיָא‎, ; Biblical Aramaic ‎כָּרְסֵא‎, Zinjirli ‎כרסא‎ DHM^{Sendsch. 58. 44}; Arabic ; but Assyrian kussu; perhaps Akkadian loan-word; ideogram iƒ GU. ZA, compare Dl^{HWB 343}); — absolute ‎כִּסֵּא‎ Gen 41:40 +; ‎כִּסֵּת‎ 1Kgs 10:19 (twice in verse); Job 26:9, ‎הַכִּסֶּא‎ Ezek 1:26 construct ‎כִּסֵּא‎ 2Sam 3:10 +, ‎כֵּס‎ Exod 17:16 (si vera lectio; see below); suffix ‎כִּסְאִי‎ 1Kgs 1:13 +, ‎כִּסְאֲךָ‎ 2Sam 7:16 +, ‎כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ‎ 1Kgs 5:19* +, ‎כִּסְאוֺ‎ Exod 11:5 +; plural ‎כִּסְאוֺת‎ Ps 122:5 (twice in verse); suffix ‎כִּסְאוֺתָם‎ Ezek 26:16; Isa 14:9 — seat of honour, usually

1. a. of king = throne Gen 41:40 (E), Exod 11:5; Exod 12:29 (both J) 1Kgs 2:19; Isa 47:1; Ezek 26:16 of queen-mother 1Kgs 2:19 b; ‎מַלְכוּתוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Esth 5:1 his royal throne; of future (Messianic) prince Zech 6:13 a (in v^b read ‎עליֿמינו‎ ᵐ5 Sta^{ZAW 1881, 10}); of dead kings in She'ôl Isa 14:9 ‎׳‎‎נָתַן כ‎, in, or against a place, said of king himself, (only Jeremiah) is a sign of conquest (Jer 1:15); so ‎׳‎‎שִׂים כּ‎ Jer 43:10, and (of ‎׳‎‎י‎) Jer 49:38 in Judg 3:20, though of king, not seat of office; 12 t. elsewhere, literal
b. throne of ‎׳‎‎י‎ (‎אלהים‎) as heavenly king, Isa 6:1; Ezek 1:26 (twice in verse); Ezek 10:1; 1Kgs 22:19 = 2Chr 18:18; Job 26:9; Ps 11:4; Isa 66:1 heaven is my throne; as seat of judgment Ps 9:5*; Ps 9:8* in oath ‎יָד עַלכּכֵּס יָהּ‎ Exod 17:16 (compare Di; > Cler JDMich Ges Buhl SS ‎נֵס‎ banner; ᵐ5 κρυφαία √ ‎כסה‎, favours ‎כס‎); Jerusalem called throne of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Jer 3:17, so the sanctuary Jer 17:12 (‎כָּבוֺד מָרוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎), Ezek 43:7.

2. of high priest 1Sam 1:9; 1Sam 4:13; 1Sam 4:18 of honoured guest 2Kgs 4:10 of governor Neh 3:7 of (unjust) judge ‎הַוּוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Ps 94:20 = conspicuous seat (literally) Prov 9:14 = seat of distinction, explicitly ‎כָּבוֺד‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Isa 22:23 ‎׳‎‎כ‎ alone 2Kgs 25:28 (twice in verse) = Jer 52:32 (twice in verse); Esth 3:1.

3. a. figurative = royal dignity, authority, power, ‎הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכִסְאוֺ נָקִי‎ 2Sam 14:9 ‎׳‎‎לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעוֺ וּלְבֵיתוֺ וּלְכ‎ 1Kgs 2:33 especially kingdom, with verbs of setting up, establishing, ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject, ‎דָוִד‎ ‎׳‎‎הֵקִים כ‎ 2Sam 3:10, ‎כִסְאֲךָוּבָנִיתִי‎ Ps 89:5*, so with ‎שִׂים‎ vPs 89:30* king subject, ‎בַּחֶסֶד כִּסְאוֺסָעַד‎ Prov 20:28 passive ‎דָוִד יִהְיֶה נכִון‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ 1Kgs 2:45 the throne of David shall be established, compare 2Sam 7:16 = 1Chr 17:14 ‎׳‎‎וְהוּכַן בַּחֶסֶד כ‎ Isa 16:5 (of Messianic reign); so (in general) ‎׳‎‎בִּצְדָקָה יִכּוֺן כ‎ Prov 16:12, compare Prov 25:5; Prov 29:14 intransitive (with ‎הָיָה‎) Ps 89:37* more fully, ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject, ‎מַמְלַכְתּוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎וְכֹנַנְתִּי אֶתכֿ‎ 2Sam 7:13 (‎כֹּנֵן כסאו‎ in || 1Chr 17:12), ‎מַמְלַכְתְּךָ עַֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎יִשְׂרָאֵלוַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶתכֿ‎ 1Kgs 9:5, compare || 2Chr 7:18 and ‎׳‎‎וַהֲכִינוֺתִי כ‎ <Times New Roman>‎מַלְכוּתוֺ עַליִֿשְׂרָאֵל‎ 1Chr 22:10 also ‎׳‎‎מגּר כ‎ Ps 89:45* cast down throne, of Gentile nations ‎׳‎‎מַמְלָכוֺתוְהָפַכְתִּי כ‎ Hag 2:22 ‎׳‎‎יָשַׁב עלכֿ‎ sit on the throne of any one (especially David) = be his successor 1Kgs 1:13; 1Kgs 1:17; 1Kgs 1:20; 1Kgs 1:24; 1Kgs 1:27; 1Kgs 1:30; 1Kgs 1:35; 1Kgs 1:48; 1Kgs 2:12; 1Kgs 3:6; 2Kgs 13:13, especially Jer 13:13; Jer 17:25; Jer 22:2 + 5 t. Jeremiah; ‎לָ֑ךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ֵ˜ישְׁבוּ לְכ‎ Ps 132:12 more fully 1Chr 29:23 causative ‎׳‎‎הוֺשִׁיב עלכֿ‎ 1Kgs 2:24; 1Kgs 5:19*; 2Kgs 10:3 ‎׳‎‎הֹשִׁיב לַכּ‎ figurative Job 36:7, of placing in honour; ‎לָ֑ךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִפְּרִי בִטְנְךָ אָשִׁית לְכ‎ Ps 132:11 ‎ישׁב‎‎׳‎‎עלכֿ‎ also = take one's seat as king, become actual king, possess royalty 1Kgs 16:11, often sit on the throne of Israel 1Kgs 8:20; 1Kgs 8:25 = 2Chr 6:10; 2Chr 6:16; 1Kgs 10:9; 2Kgs 10:30; 2Kgs 15:12; Jer 33:17 without ‎ישׁב‎ 1Kgs 2:4; 1Kgs 9:5, compare also Isa 9:6* (Messiah); ‎ישׁב עלכֿסא מַמְלַכְתּוֺ‎ Deut 17:18, ‎עלכֿסא הַמְּלוּכָה‎ 1Kgs 1:46, and even ‎עַליִֿשְׂרָאֵללָשֶׁבֶת‎ ‎׳‎‎עַלכִּֿסֵּא מַלְכוּת י‎ 1Chr 28:5 also ‎הַמְּלָכִים ישׁב‎ ‎׳‎‎עַלכֿ‎ 2Kgs 11:19, || ‎הַמַּמְלָכָה‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ 2Chr 23:30 of (royal) throne as judgment seat Prov 20:8, compare also Ps 122:5 set one upon the throne of Israel ‎׳‎‎ישׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎עלכֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎נתן פ‎ 1Kgs 10:9 compare || 2Chr 9:8 in comparative sentence ‎׳‎‎יְגַדֵּל אֶתכִּֿסְאוֺ מִכּ‎, i.e. make him a more powerful king than, 1Kgs 1:37, compare v1Kgs 1:47 of king of Babylon, ‎מִמַּעַל לְכוֺכְבֵיאֵֿל אָרִים כִּסְאִי‎ Isa 14:13. In Ps 45:7* ‎׳‎‎כִּסְאֲךָ אלהים וגו‎ the text is probably corrupt: AE Hi Ew Bae read thy throne is (a throne) of God; Bi Che insert ‎הקימונכונה יסודתו‎ thy throne [its foundation is firmly fixed], God [has established it]; see further Dr^{§ 194, Obs..}
b. throne of ‎׳‎‎(אלהים) י‎ = his royal dignity, sovereign, Lam 5:19; Ps 93:2; Ps 103:19 (‎׳‎‎הֵכִין כ‎; || ‎מַלְכוּת‎); ‎כְבוֺדֶ֑ךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎כ‎ Jer 14:21 ‎קָדְשׁוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎יָשַׁב עַלכֿ‎ Ps 47:9* ‎צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט מְכוֺן כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ‎ Ps 89:15* compare Ps 97:2.

‎כסא‎ (see Biblical Hebrew ‎כִּסֵּא‎ throne).

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