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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
1.
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.
3.
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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - “For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” declares Yahweh; “and they will come, and each one of them will put his throne H3678 at the opening of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:17 - “At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The Throne H3678 of Yahweh,’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of Yahweh; nor will they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:13 - Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land—the kings that sit for David on his throne H3678, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—with drunkenness!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:21 -

Do not [fn]despise us, for Your own name’s sake;

Do not disgrace the throne H3678 of Your glory;

Remember and do not break Your covenant with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:12 -

A glorious throne H3678 on high from the beginning

Is the place of our sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:25 - then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and princes [fn]sitting on the throne H3678 of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:2 - and say, ‘Hear the word of Yahweh, O king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne H3678, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:4 - “For if you men will indeed do this thing, then kings will enter the gates of this house, sitting for David on his throne H3678, riding in chariots and on horses, even the king himself and his servants and his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:30 -

“Thus says Yahweh,

‘Write this man down childless,

A man who will not succeed in his days;

For no man of his seed will succeed

Sitting on the throne H3678 of David

Or ruling again in Judah.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:16 - for thus says Yahweh concerning the king who sits on the throne H3678 of David and concerning all the people who live in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:17 - “For thus says Yahweh, ‘[fn]David shall not have a man cut off from sitting on the throne H3678 of the house of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:21 - then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne H3678, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:30 - ‘Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah, “He shall have no one to sit on the throne H3678 of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat of the day and the frost of the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:10 - and you will say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Behold, I am going to send and get Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and I am going to set his throne H3678 right over these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:38 -

‘Then I will set My throne H3678 in Elam

And cause king and princes from there to perish,’

Declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:32 - and he spoke to him good words, and he set his throne H3678 above the throne H3678 of the kings who were with him in Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:19 -

You, O Yahweh, sit enthroned forever;

Your throne H3678 is from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:26 -

Now above the expanse that was over their heads there was something in the likeness of a throne H3678, like sapphire stone in appearance; and upon the likeness of the throne H3678, high up, was the likeness of one with the appearance of a man.

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Then I looked, and behold, in the [fn]expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, in appearance in the likeness of a throne H3678, appeared above them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - “Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones H3678, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with [fn]trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment, and be appalled at you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:7 - He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne H3678 and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry and by the [fn]corpses of their kings [fn]when they die,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - Then the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne H3678, laid aside his mantle from him, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the [fn]ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - ‘I will overthrow the thrones H3678 of kingdoms and destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the [fn]nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, everyone by the sword of another.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:13 - “Indeed, it is He who will build the temple of Yahweh, and He who will bear the splendor and sit and rule on His throne H3678. Thus, He will be a priest on His throne H3678, and the counsel of peace will be between the two [fn]offices.”’

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