Bible Dictionary
SEAT
A seat is a place for sitting, such as a chair or stool. It can also signify a position of rank, influence, or authority, including a chief seat or throne.
Definition
A seat is something on which a person sits, such as a chair or stool. The word can also denote an elevated position of rank, influence, or authority, including a chief seat or throne.
Biblical Usage
The Bible uses seat for ordinary places of sitting and for positions occupied by influential or authoritative persons. “Chief seat” refers to places of honor, while several passages use the term for what the Revised Version calls a throne.
Historical Background
The English word represents several Hebrew and Greek terms. The supplied material notes that the Revised Version changes some King James Version uses of “seat” to “throne.”
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>set: This word is used to translate the Hebrew words (moshabh, shebheth, kicce', and tekhunah), once (Job 23:3). It translates the Greek word (kathedra) (Mt 21:12; 23:2; Mr 11:15), and "chief seat" translates the compound word (protokathedria) (Mt 23:6; Mr 12:39; Lu 20:46). In the King James Version it translates (thronos) (Lu 1:52; Re 2:13; 4:4; 11:16; 13:2; 16:10), which the Revised Version (British and American) renders "throne." It denotes a place or thing upon which one sits, as a chair, or stool (1Sa 20:18; Jud 3:20). It is used also of the exalted position occupied by men of marked rank or influence, either in good or evil (Mt 23:2; Ps 1:1).</p><p>Jesse L. Cotton</p>