כִּסֵּא,
כִּסֵּה 133 noun masculine 2 Samuel 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
iṣ 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 [
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 
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; +
12 times elsewhere, literal.
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.
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