Quick Definition
a throne, seat
Strong's Definition
a stately seat ("throne"); by implication, power or (concretely) a potentate
Derivation: from (to sit);
KJV Usage: seat, throne
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θρόνος, θρόνου, ὁ (ΘΡΑΩ to sit; cf. Curtius, § 316) (from Homer down), the Sept. for λΔΜρΕΜΰ, a throne, seat, i. e. a chair of state having a footstool; assigned in the N. T. to kings, hence, by metonymy, for kingly power, royalty: Luk_1:32; Luk_1:52; Act_2:30. metaphorically, to God, the governor of the world: Mat_5:34; Mat_23:22; Act_7:49 (Isa_66:1); Rev_1:4; Rev_3:21; Rev_4:2-6; Rev_4:9-10, etc.; Heb_4:16; Heb_8:1; Heb_12:2. to the Messiah, the partner and assistant in the divine administration: Mat_19:28; Mat_25:31; Rev_3:21; Rev_20:11; Rev_22:3; hence, the divine power belonging to Christ, Heb_1:8. to judges, equivalent to tribunal or bench (Plutarch, mar., p. 807 b.): Mat_19:28; Luk_22:30; Rev_20:4. to elders: Rev_4:4; Rev_11:16. to Satan: Rev_2:13; cf. Bleek at the passage to the beast (concerning which see θηρίον): Rev_16:10. θρόνος is used by metonymy, of one who holds dominion or exercises authority; thus in plural of angels: Col_1:16 (see Lightfoot at the passage).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θρόνος thronos 62x
a seat, a throne, Mat_5:34 ; Mat_19:28 ; Luk_1:52 ;
meton. power, dominion, Luk_1:32 ; Heb_1:8 ;
a potentate, Col_1:16 throne.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θρόνος , -ου , ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for H3678 , Exo_11:5 , al. ;]
in Hom ., a seat, chair. Later, a throne, chair of state , seat of authority; of kings: metaph ., of God, Mat_5:34 , Act_7:49 ( LXX ), Rev_1:4 , al. ; by meton ., for kingly power, sovereignty , Luk_1:32 ; Luk_1:52 , Act_2:30 ; for an angelic hierarchy, Col_1:16 ; of Christ, Mat_19:28 , Rev_3:21 , al. ; of Satan, Rev_2:13 ; τ . θηρίου , Rev_16:10 ; of the Apostles, Mat_19:28 , Luk_22:30 , cf. Rev_20:4 ; of πρεσβύτεροι , Rev_4:4 ; Rev_11:16 (on θ . τῆς χάριτος , Heb_4:16 , v. Westc ., in l ; Deiss., BS , 135).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θρόνος [page 293]
For this word, which in the NT, and notably in the Apocalypse, is always an official seat or chair of state, we may compare OGIS 383 .25 (rescript of Commagene mid. i/B.C.) ἐγὼ πατρώιαν [ἀ ]ρχὴν [π ]αρ [αλ ]α [β ]ὼν βασιλείαν [μ ]ὲν ἐμο [ῖ ]ς ὑπήκοον θρόνοις , ib. .42 πρὸς οὐρανίους Διὸς Ὠρομάσδου θρόνους , and Preisigke 982 .7 (B.C. 4) ὑπὲρ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος θεοῦ υἱοῦ Σεβαστοῦ . . . τ [ὸ ]ν θρόνον καὶ τὸν βωμὸν ἀνέθηκε , ib. 1164 .8 (B.C. 181 45) ὑπὲρ βασιλέως Πτολεμαίο (υ ) καὶ βασιλίσσης Κλεοπάτρας . . . τὸ Πτολεμαῖον καὶ τὸν θρόνον Ἑρμεῖ Ἡρακλεῖ . In connexion with the above it may be noticed that Deissmann ( LAE , p. 280 n. .2 ) from personal observation thinks that ὁ θρόνος τοῦ Σατανᾶ ( Rev_2:13 ) at Pergamum can only have been the altar of Zeus, which there dominated the whole district, and was thus a typical representative of satanic heathendom. The word in its original sense of seat, chair, is found in P Oxy VII. 1050 .4 (ii/iii A.D.) θρόνῳ (δραχμαὶ ) κ̄ , for a chair 20 dr.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
θρόνος θρόνος, ὁ, [Etym: *θράω] "a seat, chair", Hom. : "a throne, chair of state", Hdt. , attic:—in pl. also, "the throne", i. e. "the king's estate or dignity", Soph. "the oracular seat" of Apollo or the Pythia, Aesch. , etc. "the chair of a teacher", Lat. cathedra, Plat.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
θρόνος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for כִּסֵּא, Exo.11:5, al. ;]
in Hom., a seat, chair. Later, a throne, chair of state, seat of authority; of kings: metaphorically, of God, Mat.5:34, Act.7:49" (LXX), Rev.1:4, al.; by meton., for kingly power, sovereignty, Luk.1:32, 52, Act.2:30; for an angelic hierarchy, Col.1:16; of Christ, Mat.19:28, Rev.3:21, al.; of Satan, Rev.2:13; τ. θηρίου, Rev.16:10; of the Apostles, Mat.19:28, Luk.22:30, cf. Rev.20:4; of πρεσβύτεροι, Rev.4:4 11:16 (on θ. τῆς χάριτος, Heb.4:16, see Westc., in l; Deiss., BS, 135)
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