3678. kisse or kisseh
Lexical Summary
kisse or kisseh: seat of honor, throne
Original Word: כִּסֵּא
Transliteration: kisse or kisseh
Phonetic Spelling: (kis-say')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: seat of honor, throne
Meaning: seat of honor, throne
Strong's Concordance
seat, stool, throne

Or kicceh {kis-say'}; from kacah; properly, covered, i.e. A throne (as canopied) -- seat, stool, throne.

see HEBREW kacah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3678. kisse

or kisseh כִּסֵּה כִּסֵּא,133

noun masculine2 Samuel 7:16 seat of honour, throne (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician (plural) כרסים‎; Aramaic כּוּרְסְיָא‎, ; Biblical Aramaic כָּרְסֵא‎, Zinjirli כרסא‎ DHMSendsch. 58. 44; Arabic ; but Assyrian kussu; perhaps Akkadian loan-word; ideogram GU. ZA, compare DlHWB 343); — absolute כִּסֵּאGenesis 41:40 +; כִּסֵּת1 Kings 10:19 (twice in verse); Job 26:9, הַכִּסֶּאEzekiel 1:26; construct כִּסֵּא2 Samuel 3:10 +, כֵּסExodus 17:16 (si vera lectio; see below); suffix כִּסְאִי1 Kings 1:13 +, כִּסְאֲךָ2 Samuel 7:16 +, כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ‎ 1 Kings 5:19 +, כִּסְאוֺExodus 11:5 +; plural כִּסְאוֺתPsalm 122:5 (twice in verse); suffix כִּסְאוֺתָםEzekiel 26:16; Isaiah 14:9; — seat of honour, usually

1. a. of king = throne Genesis 41:40 (E), Exodus 11:5; 12:29 (both J) 1 Kings 2:19; Isaiah 47:1; Ezekiel 26:16; of queen-mother 1 Kings 2:19 b; ׳כ מַלְכוּתוֺEsther 5:1 his royal throne; of future (Messianic) prince Zechariah 6:13 a (in vb read ᵐ5 עליֿמינו‎ StaZAW 1881, 10); of dead kings in She'ôl Isaiah 14:9; כ ׳נָתַן‎, in, or against a place, said of king himself, (only Jeremiah) is a sign of conquest (Jeremiah 1:15); so כּ ׳שִׂים43:10, and (of ׳י‎) 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); 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; 9:8; in oath יָהּ עַלכּכֵּס יָדExodus 17:16 (compare Di; > Cler JDMich Ges Buhl SS נֵסbanner; ᵐ5κρυφαίαכסה‎, favours כס‎); Jerusalem called throne of ׳יJeremiah 3:17, so the sanctuary 17:12 (׳כ מָרוֺם כָּבוֺד‎), Ezekiel 43:7.

2 of high priest 1 Samuel 1:9; 4:13, 18; of honoured guest 2 Kings 4:10; of governor Nehemiah 3:7; of (unjust) judge ׳כ הַוּוֺתPsalm 94:20; = conspicuous seat (literally) Proverbs 9:14; = seat of distinction, explicitly ׳כ כָּבוֺדIsaiah 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, נָקִי וְכִסְאוֺ הַמֶּלֶךְ2 Samuel 14:9; וּלְכ וּלְבֵיתוֺ וּלְזַרְעוֺ ׳לְדָוִד1 Kings 2:33; especially kingdom, with verbs of setting up, establishing, ׳י‎ subject, כ ׳הֵקִים דָוִד2 Samuel 3:10, כִסְאֲךָוּבָנִיתִיPsalm 89:5, so with שִׂים89:30; king subject, כִּסְאוֺסָעַד בַּחֶסֶדProverbs 20:28; passive ׳כ נכִון יִהְיֶה דָוִד1 Kings 2:45 the throne of David shall be established, compare 2 Samuel 7:16 = 1 Chronicles 17:14; כ בַּחֶסֶד ׳וְהוּכַןIsaiah 16:5 (of Messianic reign); so (in General) כ יִכּוֺן ׳בִּצְדָקָהProverbs 16:12, compare 25:5; 29:14; intransitive (with הָיָה‎) Psalm 89:37; more fully, ׳י‎ subject, אֶתכֿ ׳וְכֹנַנְתִּי מַמְלַכְתּוֺ2 Samuel 7:13 (כסאו כֹּנֵן‎ in "" 1 Chronicles 17:12), אֶתכֿ ׳יִשְׂרָאֵלוַהֲקִמֹתִי עַֿ מַמְלַכְתְּךָ1 Kings 9:5, compare "" 2 Chronicles 7:18 and כ ׳וַהֲכִינוֺתִי‎ <Times New Roman>עַליִֿשְׂרָאֵל מַלְכוּתוֺ1 Chronicles 22:10; also כ ׳מגּרPsalm 89:45 cast down throne, of Gentile nations כ ׳מַמְלָכוֺתוְהָפַכְתִּיHaggai 2:22; עלכֿ ׳יָשַׁבsit on the throne of any one (especially David) = be his successor 1 Kings 1:13, 17, 20, 24, 27, 30, 35, 48; 2:12; 3:6; 2 Kings 13:13, especially Jeremiah 13:13; 17:25; 22:2 5t. Jeremiah; לְכ ׳ֵישְׁבוּ לָ֑ךְPsalm 132:12; more fully 1 Chronicles 29:23; causative עלכֿ ׳הוֺשִׁיב1 Kings 2:24; 1 Kings 5:19; 2 Kings 10:3; לַכּ ׳הֹשִׁיב‎ figurative Job 36:7, of placing in honour; לְכ אָשִׁית בִטְנְךָ ׳מִמְּרִי לָ֑ךְPsalm 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 8:20, 25 2 Chronicles 6:10, 16; 1 Kings 10:9; 2 Kings 10:30; 15:12; Jeremiah 33:17; without ישׁב1 Kings 2:4; 9:5, compare also Isaiah 9:6 (Messiah); מַמְלַכְתּוֺ עלכֿסא ישׁבDeuteronomy 17:18, הַמְּלוּכָה עלכֿסא1 Kings 1:46, and even י מַלְכוּת ׳עַלכִּֿסֵּא עַליִֿשְׂרָאֵללָשֶׁבֶת1 Chronicles 28:5; also ׳עַלכֿ ישׁב הַמְּלָכִים2 Kings 11:19, "" ׳כ הַמַּמְלָכָה‎2Chron 23:30; of (royal) throne as judgment seat Proverbs 20:8, compare also Psalm 122:5; set one upon the throne of Israel פ ׳נתן ׳עלכֿ ׳ישׂ1 Kings 10:9 compare "" 2 Chronicles 9:8; in comparative sentence מִכּ אֶתכִּֿסְאוֺ ׳יְגַדֵּל‎, i.e. make him a more powerful king than, 1 Kings 1:37, compare 1:47; of king of Babylon, כִּסְאִי אָרִים לְכוֺכְבֵיאֵֿל מִמַּעַלIsaiah 14:13. In Psalm 45:7 וגו אלהים ׳כִּסְאֲךָ‎ the text is probably corrupt: AE Hi Ew Bae read thy throne is (a throne) of God; Bi Che insert יסודתו הקימונכונהthy throne [its foundation is firmly fixed], God [has established it]; see further Dr§ 194, Obs..

b. throne of י ׳(אלהים)‎ = his royal dignity, sovereign, Lamentations 5:19; Psalm 93:2; 103:19 (כ ׳הֵכִין‎; "" מַלְכוּת‎); ׳כ כְבוֺדֶ֑ךָJeremiah 14:21; עַלכֿ ׳יָשַׁב קָדְשׁוֺPsalm 47:9; כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ מְכוֺן וּמִשְׁמָּט צֶדֶק89:15; compare 97:2.

כסא‎ (see Biblical Hebrew כִּסֵּאthrone).








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