Akkad. loan-word; ideogr. iṣ GU. ZA , cf. Dl HWB 343) ;— abs. כִּסֵּא Gn 41:40 +; כִּסֵּה 1 K 10:19 (×2) Jb 26: 9, הַכִּסֶּא Ez 1:2 6; 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 + , כִּסְאֶ˜ךָ 1 K 5:19 +, כִּסְאֹו Ex 11:5 +; pl. כִּסְאֹות ψ 122:5 (×2); sf. כִּסְאֹותָם Ez 26:16 Is 14: 9;— seat of honour , usually 1. a. of king = throne Gn 41:40 ( E ), Ex 11:5 ; 12:29 (both J ) 1 K 2:19 Is 47:1 Ez 26:1 6; of queen-mother 1 K 2:19b ; כ׳ מַלְכוּתֹו Est 5:1 his royal throne; of future (Messianic) prince Zc 6:13a (in v b read על־ימינו Ö Sta ZAW 1881, 10 ); of dead kings in She˒ôl 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׳ 43:1 0, and (of י׳ ) 49:38 ; in Ju 3:20 , though of king, not seat of office; 12 times elsewhere, lit. • b. throne of י׳ ( אלהים ) as heavenly king, Is 6:1 Ez 1:26 (×2); 10:1 1 K 22:19 = 2 Ch 18:1 8; 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. D i; > Cler JDMich Ges Buhl SS נֵס banner; Ö κρυφαία √
כסה , favours כס ); Jerusalem called throne of י׳ Je 3:1 7, so the sanctuary 17:12 ( כ׳ כָּבֹוד מָרֹום ), Ez 43:7 . • 2. 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׳ הַוֹּות ψ 94:20 ; = conspicuous seat (lit.) Pr 9:14 ; = seat of distinction, explicitly כ׳ כָּבֹוד Is 22:23 ; כ׳ alone 2 K 25:28 (×2) = Je 52:32 (×2) Est 3: 1. 3. a. fig. = royal dignity, authority, power , הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכִסְאֹו נָקִי 2 S 14: 9; לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעֹו וּלְבֵיתֹו וּלְכ׳ 1 K 2:3 3; especially kingdom , c. vbs. of setting up, establishing , י׳ subj., הֵקִים כ׳ דָוִד 2 S 3:1 0, בִסְאֲךָ וּבָנִיתִי ψ 89:5 , so c. שִׂים v 3 0; king subj., בַּחֶסֶד כִּסְאֹו סָעַד Pr 20:2 8; pass. כ׳ דָוִד יִהְיֶה נכון 1 K 2:45 the throne of David shall be established , cf. 2 S 7:16 = 1 Ch 17:1 4; וְתוּכַן בַּחֶסֶד כ׳ Is 16:5 (of Mess. reign); so (in gen.) בִּצְדָקָה יִכֹּון כ׳ Pr 16:1 2, cf. 25: 5; 29:14 ; intrans. ( c. הָיָה ψ 89:37 ; more fully, י׳ subj., וְכֹנַנְתִּי אֶת־כ׳ מַמְלַכְתֹּו 2 S 7:13 ( כֹּנֵן כסאו
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1 Ch 17:1
2),
יִשְׂרָאֵל וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־כ׳ מַמְלַכְתְּךָ עַל־
1 K 9:5
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2 Ch 7:18
and
מַלְכוּתֹו עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַהֲכִינֹותִי כ׳
1 Ch 22:10
; also
מגּר כ׳
ψ 89:45
cast down throne
, of Gentile nations
מַמְלָכֹות
ZA Zeitschr. für Assyriologie . JDMich J. D. Michaelis.
Ges W. Gesenius. Buhl Frants Buhl, esp. as editor of eds. 12-14 of Geseniuss Handwörterbuch über das A. T .;
SS
C. Siegfried u. B. Stade,
Hebräisches Wörterbuch.
pass.
passive.
intrans.
intransitive.