noun masculine^{2Samuel 7:16} seat of honour, throne (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician (plural) כרסים; Aramaic כּוּרְסְיָא, ; Biblical Aramaic כָּרְסֵא, Zinjirli כרסא DHM^{Sendsch. 58. 44}; Arabic ; but Assyrian kussu; perhaps Akkadian loan-word; ideogram iƒ GU. ZA, compare Dl^{HWB 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 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 2:19 b; מַלְכוּתוֺ ׳כ Esther 5:1 his royal throne; of future (Messianic) prince Zechariah 6:13 a (in v^b read עליֿמינו ᵐ5 Sta^{ZAW 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; 12t. 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 2Chronicles 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 Exodus 17:16 (compare Di; > Cler JDMich Ges Buhl SS נֵס banner; ᵐ5 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 "" 2Chronicles 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 5t. 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 ׳מִמְּרִי בִטְנְךָ אָשִׁית לְכ 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 2Chronicles 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 ׳כ2Chron 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; צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁמָּט מְכוֺן כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ Psalm 89:15; compare Psalm 97:2.

כסא (see Biblical Hebrew כִּסֵּא throne).