--- title: כִּסֵּא — seat · The Tanakh dictionary description: כִּסֵּא (3678), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 135 times: seat. BDB 1906: n.m. seat throne. 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(pl.) כרסים; Aramaic כּוּרְסְיָא, ܟܽܘܪܣܝܳܐ; Biblical Aramaic כָּרְסֵא, Zinj. כרסא DHMSendsch. 58. 44; Arabic كُرْسِىٌّ; but Assyrian kussu; perhaps Akkad. loan-word; ideogr. iṣ GU. ZA, cf. DlHWB 343);—abs. כִּסֵּא Gn 41:40 +; כִּסֵּה 1 K 10:19(×2) Jb 26:9, הַכִּסֶּא Ez 1:26; cstr. כִּסֵּא 2 S 3:10 +, כֵּס Ex 17:16 (si vera l.; v. infr.); sf. כִּסְאִי 1 K 1:13 +, כִּסְאֲךָ 2 S 7:16 +, כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ 1 K 5:19 +, כִּסְאוֹ Ex 11:5 +; pl. כִּסְאוֹת ψ 122:5(×2); sf. כִּסְאוֹתָם Ez 26:16 Is 14:9;—seat of honour, usually of king = throne Gn 41:40 (E), Ex 11:5; 12:29 (both J) 1 K 2:19 Is 47:1 Ez 26:16; of queen-mother 1 K 2:19b; כ׳ מַלְכוּתוֹ Est 5:1 his royal throne; of future (Messianic) prince Zc 6:13a (in v b read על־ימינו 𝔊 StaZAW 1881, 10); of dead kings in Sheʾôl Is 14:9; נָתַן כ׳, in, or against a place, said of king himself, (only Je) is a sign of conquest (Je 1:15); so שִׂים כ׳ 43:10, and (of י׳) 49:38; in Ju 3:20, though of king, not seat of office; 12 times elsewhere, lit. throne of י׳ (אלהים) as heavenly king, Is 6:1 Ez 1:26(×2); 10:1 1 K 22:19 = 2 Ch 18:18; Jb 26:9 ψ 11:4 Is 66:1 heaven is my throne; as seat of judgment ψ 9:5, 8; in oath יָד עַל־כֵּס יָהּ Ex 17:16 (cf. Di; \> Cler JDMich Ges Buhl SS נֵס banner; 𝔊 κρυφαία √ כסה, favours כס); Jerusalem called throne of י׳ Je 3:17, so the sanctuary 17:12 (כ׳ כָּבוֹד מָרוֹם), Ez 43:7. of high priest 1 S 1:9; 4:13, 18; of honoured guest 2 K 4:10; of governor Ne 3:7; of (unjust) judge כ׳ הַוּוֹת ψ 94:20; = conspicuous seat (lit.) Pr 9:14; = seat of distinction, explicitly כ׳ כָּבוֹד Is 22:23; כ׳ alone 2 K 25:28(×2) = Je 52:32(×2) Est 3:1. fig. = royal dignity, authority, power, הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכִסְאוֹ נָקִי 2 S 14:9; לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעוֹ וּלְבֵיתוֹ וּלְכ׳ 1 K 2:33; especially kingdom, c. vbs. of setting up, establishing, י׳ subj., הֵקִים כ׳ דָוִד 2 S 3:10, וּבָנִיתִי בִסְאֲךָ ψ 89:5, so c. שִׂים v 30; king subj., סָעַד בַּחֶסֶד כִּסְאוֹ Pr 20:28; pass. כ׳ דָוִד יִהְיֶה נכון 1 K 2:45 the throne of David shall be established, cf. 2 S 7:16 = 1 Ch 17:14; וְתוּכַן בַּחֶסֶד כ׳ Is 16:5 (of Mess. reign); so (in gen.) בִּצְדָקָה יִכּוֹן כ׳ Pr 16:12, cf. 25:5; 29:14; intrans. (c. הָיָה ψ 89:37; more fully, י׳ subj., וְכֹנַנְתִּי אֶת־כ׳ מַמְלַכְתּוֹ 2 S 7:13 (כֹּנֵן כסאו in ‖ 1 Ch 17:12), וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־כ׳ מַמְלַכְתְּךָ עַל ־יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 K 9:5, cf. ‖ 2 Ch 7:18 and וַהֲכִינוֹתִי כ׳ מַלְכוּתוֹ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 Ch 22:10; also מגּר כ׳ ψ 89:45 cast down throne, of Gentile nations וְהָפַכְתִּי כ׳ מַמְלָכוֹת Hg 2:22; יָשַׁב על־כ׳ sit on the throne of any one (especially David) = be his successor 1 K 1:13, 17, 20, 24, 27, 30, 35, 48; 2:12; 3:6 2 K 13:13, especially Je 13:13; 17:25; 22:2 + 5 times Je; יֵֽשְׁבוּ לְכ׳ לָ֑ךְ ψ 132:12; more fully 1 Ch 29:23; †caus. הוֹשִׁיב על־כ׳ 1 K 2:24; 5:19 2 K 10:3; חֹשִׁיב לַכּ׳ fig. Jb 36:7, of placing in honour; מִפְּרִי בִטְנְךָ אָשִׁית לְכ׳ לָ֑ךְ ψ 132:11; †ישׁב על־כ׳ also = take one’s seat as king, become actual king, possess royalty 1 K 16:11, often sit on the throne of Isr. 1 K 8:20, 25 = 2 Ch 6:10, 16, 1 K 10:9 2 K 10:30; 15:12, Je 33:17; without ישׁב 1 K 2:4; 9:5, cf. also Is 9:6 (Mess.); ישׁב על־כסא מַמְלַכְתּוֹ Dt 17:18, על־כסא הַמְּלוּכָה 1 K 1:46, and even לָשֶׁבֶת עַל־כִּסֵּא מַלְכוּת י׳ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 Ch 28:5; also ישׁב עַל־כ׳ הַמְּלָכִים 2 K 11:19, ‖ כ׳ הַמַּמְלָכָה 2 Ch 23:20; of (royal) throne as judgment seat Pr 20:8, cf. also ψ 122:5; set one upon the throne of Isr. נתן פ׳ על־כ׳ ישׂ׳ 1 K 10:9 cf. ‖ 2 Ch 9:8; in compar. sentence יְגַדֵּל אֶת־כִּסְאוֹ מִכּ׳, i.e. make him a more powerful king than, 1 K 1:37, cf. v 47; of king of Babylon, מִמַּעַל לְכוֹכְבֵי־אֵל אָרִים כִּסְאִי Is 14:13. In ψ 45:7 כִּסְאֲךָ אלהים וגו׳ the text is prob. corrupt: AE Hi Ew Bae read thy throne is (a throne) of God; Bi Che insert נכונה יסודתו הקימו thy throne \[its foundation is firmly fixed\], God \[has established it\]; v. further Dr§ 194, Obs.. throne of י׳ (אלהים) = his royal dignity, sovereignty, La 5:19 ψ 93:2; 103:19 (הֵכִין כ׳; ‖ מַלְכוּת); כ׳ כְבוֹדֶ֑ךָ Je 14:21; יָשַׁב עַל־כ׳ קָדְשׁוֹ ψ 47:9; צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט מְכוֹן כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ ψ 89:15 cf. 97:2. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 110 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «כִּסֵּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3678/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [1 Kings 1:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.1.46/) וְגַם֙ יָשַׁ֣ב שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה עַ֖ל כִּסֵּ֥א הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃ *Word for word:* and also he.has.sat Solomon on the.throne of.(the) royalty *JPS 1917:* And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. [Job 26:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.26.9/) מְאַחֵ֥ז פְּנֵי־כִסֵּ֑ה פַּרְשֵׁ֖ז עָלָ֣יו עֲנָנֽוֹ׃ *Word for word:* \[he.is\].covering \[the\].surface of.\[the\].throne he.spreads over it cloud his *JPS 1917:* He closeth in the face of His throne, and spreadeth His cloud upon it. - ← previous: [כֶּסֶא](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3677.md) - next →: [כָּסָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3680.md) - ↑ back to [כ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1499-2.md)