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Lexicon :: Strong's H3678 - kissē'

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כִּסֵּא
Transliteration
kissē'
Pronunciation
kis-say'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1007

Strong’s Definitions

כִּסֵּא kiççêʼ, kis-say'; or כִּסֵּה kiççêh; from H3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied):—seat, stool, throne.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 135x

The KJV translates Strong's H3678 in the following manner: throne (127x), seat (7x), stool (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 135x
The KJV translates Strong's H3678 in the following manner: throne (127x), seat (7x), stool (1x).

  1. seat (of honour), throne, seat, stool

    1. seat (of honour), throne

    2. royal dignity, authority, power (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כִּסֵּא kiççêʼ, kis-say'; or כִּסֵּה kiççêh; from H3680; properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied):—seat, stool, throne.
STRONGS H3678: Abbreviations
כִּסֵּא, כִּסֵּה 133 noun masculine 2 Samuel 7:16 seat of honour, throne (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician (plural) כרסים; Aramaic כּוּרְסְיָא, bdb049006; Biblical Aramaic כָּרְסֵא, Zinjirli כרסא DHMSendsch. 58. 44; Arabic bdb049007; but Assyrian kussu; perhaps Akkadian loan-word; ideogram iṣ GU. ZA, compare DlHWB 343); — absolute כִּסֵּא Genesis 41:40 +; כִּסֵּת 1 Kings 10:19 (twice in verse); Job 26:9, הַכִּסֶּא Ezekiel 1:26; construct כִּסֵּא 2 Samuel 3:10 +, כֵּס [H3676 Exodus 17:16 (si vera lectio; see below); suffix כִּסְאִי 1 Kings 1:13 +, כִּסְאֲךָ 2 Samuel 7:16 +, כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ 1 Kings 5:19 +, כִּסְאוֺ Exodus 11:5 +; plural כִּסְאוֺת Psalm 122:5 (twice in verse); suffix כִּסְאוֺתָם Ezekiel 26:16; Isaiah 14:9; — seat of honour, usually
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a. of king = throne Genesis 41:40 (E), Exodus 11:5; Exodus 12:29 (both J) 1 Kings 2:19; Isaiah 47:1; Ezekiel 26:16; of queen-mother 1 Kings 2:19b; מַלְכוּתוֺ כ׳ Esther 5:1 his royal throne; of future (Messianic) prince Zechariah 6:13a (in Zechariah 6:13b read עליֿמינו Greek Version of the LXX StaZAW 1881, 10); of dead kings in She'ôl Isaiah 14:9; נָתַן כ׳, in, or against a place, said of king himself, (only Jeremiah) is a sign of conquest (Jeremiah 1:15); so שִׂים כּ׳ Jeremiah 43:10, and (of י׳) Jeremiah 49:38; in Judges 3:20, though of king, not seat of office; + 12 times elsewhere, literal.
†b. throne of י׳ (אלהים) as heavenly king, Isaiah 6:1; Ezekiel 1:26 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 10:1; 1 Kings 22:19 2 Chronicles 18:18; Job 26:9; Psalm 11:4; Isaiah 66:1 heaven is my throne; as seat of judgment Psalm 9:5; Psalm 9:8; in oath יָד עַלכּכֵּס יָהּ [H3676 Exodus 17:16 (compare Di; > Cler JDMich Ges Buhl SS נֵס banner; Greek Version of the LXX κρυφαία √ כסה, favours כס); Jerusalem called throne of י׳ Jeremiah 3:17, so the sanctuary Jeremiah 17:12 (כָּבוֺד מָרוֺם כ׳), Ezekiel 43:7.
†2. of high priest 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 4:13, 18; of honoured guest 2 Kings 4:10; of governor Nehemiah 3:7; of (unjust) judge הַוּוֺת כ׳ Psalm 94:20; = conspicuous seat (literally) Proverbs 9:14; = seat of distinction, explicitly כָּבוֺד כ׳ Isaiah 22:23; כ׳ alone 2 Kings 25:28 (twice in verse) = Jeremiah 52:32 (twice in verse); Esther 3:1.
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a. figurative = royal dignity, authority, power, הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכִסְאוֺ נָקִי 2 Samuel 14:9; לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעוֺ וּלְבֵיתוֺ וּלְכ׳ 1 Kings 2:33; especially kingdom, with verbs of setting up, establishing, י׳ subject, דָוִד הֵקִים כ׳ 2 Samuel 3:10, כִסְאֲךָוּבָנִיתִי Psalm 89:5, so with שִׂים Psalm 89:30; king subject, בַּחֶסֶד כִּסְאוֺסָעַד Proverbs 20:28; passive דָוִד יִהְיֶה נכִון כ׳ 1 Kings 2:45 the throne of David shall be established, compare 2 Samuel 7:16 = 1 Chronicles 17:14; וְהוּכַן בַּחֶסֶד כ׳ Isaiah 16:5 (of Messianic reign); so (in general) בִּצְדָקָה יִכּוֺן כ׳ Proverbs 16:12, compare Proverbs 25:5; Proverbs 29:14; intransitive (with הָיָה) Psalm 89:37; more fully, י׳ subject, מַמְלַכְתּוֺ וְכֹנַנְתִּי אֶתכֿ׳ 2 Samuel 7:13 (כֹּנֵן כסאו in || 1 Chronicles 17:12), מַמְלַכְתְּךָ עַֿ יִשְׂרָאֵלוַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶתכֿ׳ 1 Kings 9:5, compare || 2 Chronicles 7:18 and וַהֲכִינוֺתִי כ׳ <Times New Roman>מַלְכוּתוֺ עַליִֿשְׂרָאֵל 1 Chronicles 22:10; also מגּר כ׳ Psalm 89:45 cast down throne, of Gentile nations מַמְלָכוֺתוְהָפַכְתִּי כ׳ Haggai 2:22; יָשַׁב עלכֿ׳ sit on the throne of any one (especially David) = be his successor 1 Kings 1:13, 17, 20, 24, 27, 30, 35, 48; 1 Kings 2:12; 1 Kings 3:6; 2 Kings 13:13, especially Jeremiah 13:13; Jeremiah 17:25; Jeremiah 22:2 + 5 times Jeremiah; לָ֑ךְ ֵֽֽֽישְׁבוּ לְכ׳ Psalm 132:12; more fully 1 Chronicles 29:23; causative הוֺשִׁיב עלכֿ׳ 1 Kings 2:24; 1 Kings 5:19; 2 Kings 10:3; הֹשִׁיב לַכּ׳ figurative Job 36:7, of placing in honour; לָ֑ךְ לָ֑ךְ לְכ׳ אָשִׁית בִטְנְךָ מִפְּרִי Psalm 132:11; † ישׁב עלכֿ׳ also = take one's seat as king, become actual king, possess royalty 1 Kings 16:11, often sit on the throne of Israel 1 Kings 8:20, 25 2 Chronicles 6:10, 16; 1 Kings 10:9; 2 Kings 10:30; 2 Kings 15:12; Jeremiah 33:17; without ישׁב 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 9:5, compare also Isaiah 9:6 (Messiah); ישׁב עלכֿסא מַמְלַכְתּוֺ Deuteronomy 17:18, עלכֿסא הַמְּלוּכָה 1 Kings 1:46, and even עַליִֿשְׂרָאֵללָשֶׁבֶת עַלכִּֿסֵּא מַלְכוּת י׳ 1 Chronicles 28:5; also הַמְּלָכִים ישׁב עַלכֿ׳ 2 Kings 11:19, || הַמַּמְלָכָה כ׳ 2 Chronicles 23:30; of (royal) throne as judgment seat Proverbs 20:8, compare also Psalm 122:5; set one upon the throne of Israel ישׂ׳ עלכֿ׳ נתן פ׳ 1 Kings 10:9 compare || 2 Chronicles 9:8; in comparative sentence יְגַדֵּל אֶתכִּֿסְאוֺ מִכּ׳, i.e. make him a more powerful king than, 1 Kings 1:37, compare 1 Kings 1:47; of king of Babylon, מִמַּעַל לְכוֺכְבֵיאֵֿל אָרִים כִּסְאִי Isaiah 14:13. In Psalm 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, Lamentations 5:19; Psalm 93:2; Psalm 103:19 (הֵכִין כ׳; || מַלְכוּת); כְבוֺדֶ֑ךָ כ׳ Jeremiah 14:21; קָדְשׁוֺ יָשַׁב עַלכֿ׳ Psalm 47:9; כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ מְכוֺן וּמִשְׁפָּט צֶדֶק Psalm 89:15; compare Psalm 97:2.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:40; 41:40

Exodus

11:5; 11:5; 12:29

Deuteronomy

17:18

Judges

3:20

1 Samuel

1:9; 4:13; 4:18

2 Samuel

3:10; 3:10; 7:13; 7:16; 7:16; 7:16; 14:9

1 Kings

1:13; 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; 2:19; 2:24; 2:33; 2:45; 3:6; 8:20; 8:25; 9:5; 9:5; 10:9; 10:9; 10:19; 16:11; 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; 18:18

Nehemiah

3:7

Esther

3:1; 5:1

Job

26:9; 26:9; 36:7

Psalms

9:5; 9:8; 11:4; 45:7; 47:9; 89:5; 89:15; 89:30; 89:37; 89:45; 93:2; 94:20; 97:2; 103:19; 122:5; 122:5; 132:11; 132:12

Proverbs

9:14; 16:12; 20:8; 20:28; 25:5; 29:14

Isaiah

6:1; 9:6; 14:9; 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; 33:17; 43:10; 49:38; 52:32

Lamentations

5:19

Ezekiel

1:26; 1:26; 10:1; 26:16; 26:16; 43:7

Haggai

2:22

Zechariah

6:13; 6:13

H3678

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3678 matches the Hebrew כִּסֵּא (kissē'),
which occurs 135 times in 124 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (1Ch 17:14–Isa 66:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:14 - But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne H3678 shall be established for evermore.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:10 - He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne H3678 of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:5 - And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne H3678 of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:23 - Then Solomon sat on the throne H3678 of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:10 - The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne H3678 of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:16 - Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne H3678 of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:18 - Then will I stablish the throne H3678 of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, H3678 to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:17 - Moreover the king made a great throne H3678 of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:18 - And there were six steps to the throne, H3678 with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, H3678 and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:9 - And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, H3678 clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:18 - Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, H3678 and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne H3678 of the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:7 - And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne H3678 of the governor on this side the river.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:2 - That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne H3678 of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1 - After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat H3678 above all the princes that were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 - Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne H3678 in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:9 - He holdeth back the face of his throne, H3678 and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:7 - He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; H3678 yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:4 - For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne H3678 judging right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:7 - But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne H3678 for judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne H3678 is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 45:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:6 - Thy throne, H3678 O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:8 - God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne H3678 of his holiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:4 - Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne H3678 to all generations. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:14 - Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: H3678 mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:29 - His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne H3678 as the days of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:36 - His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne H3678 as the sun before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:44 - Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne H3678 down to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 93:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 93:2 - Thy throne H3678 is established of old: thou art from everlasting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Shall the throne H3678 of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:2 - Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. H3678

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:19 - The LORD hath prepared his throne H3678 in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 122:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:5 - For there are set thrones H3678 of judgment, the thrones H3678 of the house of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:11 - The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. H3678

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:12 - If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne H3678 for evermore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:14 - For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat H3678 in the high places of the city,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:12 - It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne H3678 is established by righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:8 - A king that sitteth in the throne H3678 of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:28 - Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne H3678 is upholden by mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:5 - Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne H3678 shall be established in righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:14 - The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne H3678 shall be established for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:1 - In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, H3678 high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:7 - Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne H3678 of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:9 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones H3678 all the kings of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne H3678 above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5 - And in mercy shall the throne H3678 be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:23 - And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne H3678 to his father's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:1 - Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, H3678 O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1 - Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, H3678 and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

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