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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

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Strong's Number H3678 matches the Hebrew כִּסֵּא (kissē'),
which occurs 34 times in 29 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - “Go [fn]at once to King David and say to him, ‘Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne H3678”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - And she said to him, “My lord, you swore to your maidservant by [fn]Yahweh your God, saying, ‘Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne H3678.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:20 - “As for you now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne H3678 of my lord the king after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:24 - Then Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne H3678’?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:27 - “Has this thing happened by my lord the king, and you have not made known to your [fn]servants who should sit on the throne H3678 of my lord the king after him?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:30 - surely as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne H3678 in my place’; I will surely do so this day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35 - “Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne H3678. And he shall be king in my place; for I have commanded him to be ruler over Israel and Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37 - “As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne H3678 greater than the throne H3678 of my lord King David!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:46 - “And also, Solomon has even taken his seat on the throne H3678 of the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - “And also, the king’s servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne H3678 greater than your throne H3678!’ And the king bowed himself on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48 - “And also, the king said thus, ‘Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has granted one to sit on my throne H3678 today while my own eyes see it.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:4 - so that Yahweh may establish His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons keep their way, to walk before Me in [fn]truth with all their heart and with all their soul, He said, [fn]you shall not have a man cut off from the throne H3678 of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:12 - And Solomon sat on the throne H3678 of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19 -

So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king arose to meet her, bowed before her, and sat on his throne H3678; then he had a throne H3678 set for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:24 - “So now, as Yahweh lives, who has established me and set me on the throne H3678 of David my father and who has made me a house as He promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33 - “So shall their blood return on the head of Joab and on the head of his seed forever; but to David and his seed and his house and his throne H3678, may there be peace from Yahweh forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:45 - “But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne H3678 of David shall be established before Yahweh forever.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:6 - Then Solomon said, “You have shown great lovingkindness to Your slave David my father, according to how he walked before You in [fn]truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have kept for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne H3678, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:5 - “So behold, I [fn]intend to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne H3678 in your place, he will build the house for My name.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:7 -

And he made the hall of the throne H3678 where he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:20 - “And Yahweh has established His word which He spoke; and I have been established in place of my father David and sit on the throne H3678 of Israel, as Yahweh [fn]promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:25 - “So now, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with Your [fn]servant David my father that which You have [fn]promised him, saying, ‘You shall not have a man cut off from before Me who is to sit on the throne H3678 of Israel, if only your sons keep their way to walk as you have walked before Me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:5 - then I will establish the throne H3678 of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I [fn]promised to your father David, saying, ‘You shall not have a man cut off from the throne H3678 of Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:9 - “Blessed be Yahweh your God who delighted in you, to set you on the throne H3678 of Israel; because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:18 - Moreover, the king made a great throne H3678 of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:19 - There were six steps to the throne H3678 and a round top to the throne H3678 at its rear, and [fn]arms [fn]on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the [fn]arms.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:11 - Now it happened when he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne H3678, that he struck down all the household of Baasha; he did not leave [fn]a single male—not even any of his kinsman redeemers or his friends.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne H3678, clothed in their royal garments, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:19 -

Then [fn]Micaiah said, “Therefore, hear the word of Yahweh. I saw Yahweh sitting on His throne H3678, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.

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