Strong G2515καθέδρα
seat
- Transliteration
- kathedra
- Pronunciation
- kath-ed'-rah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
καθ-έδρα, -ας, ἡ
(κατά, + ἔδρα, a seat) [in LXX for מוֹשָׁב and cogn. forms;]
a chair, seat: Mat.21:12, Mrk.11:16; of teachers, Mat.23:2.†
(AS)
(κατά, + ἔδρα, a seat) [in LXX for מוֹשָׁב and cogn. forms;]
a chair, seat: Mat.21:12, Mrk.11:16; of teachers, Mat.23:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2515 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- seat3
First verses
- Matthew 21:12And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
- Matthew 23:2Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:
- Mark 11:15And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
καθέδρ-α, ἡ,
seat, κ. τοῦ λαγῶ a hare's seat or form, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.4)]; chair, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.25.1, “CPR” 22.8 (2nd c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.3.7)]; opposed to κλίνη, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.714e)]; of rowers' seats, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.21.2)]; κ. λοιμῶν, πρεσβυτέρων, [LXX (LXX.Psa.1.1, 106(107).32.)]
2 sitting part, posteriors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 47, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.184, “PRyl.” 63.10 (3rd c.AD).)]
3 base of a column, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.46.)]
II sitting posture, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 6b11, “PA” 689b21, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lassitudine” 5, 7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.45c, etc.)]
II.2 sitting idle, inaction, ἐν τῇ καθέδρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.18; κ. καὶ σχολή 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 28.)]
II.3 session, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 11.)]
III chair of a teacher, ἐπὶ τῆς Μωυσέως κ. ἐκάθισαν [NT (NT.Matt.23.2)]; professorial chair, ἐπὶ τῆς κ. σοφιστής [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“SIG” 845 (Eleusis, 3rd c.AD).)]
IV imperial throne, τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ κ. τοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος, the Emperor's representative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BSA” 27.234 (Sparta, 2nd c.AD).)]
seat, κ. τοῦ λαγῶ a hare's seat or form, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.4)]; chair, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.25.1, “CPR” 22.8 (2nd c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.3.7)]; opposed to κλίνη, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.714e)]; of rowers' seats, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.21.2)]; κ. λοιμῶν, πρεσβυτέρων, [LXX (LXX.Psa.1.1, 106(107).32.)]
2 sitting part, posteriors, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 47, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.184, “PRyl.” 63.10 (3rd c.AD).)]
3 base of a column, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.46.)]
II sitting posture, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 6b11, “PA” 689b21, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lassitudine” 5, 7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.45c, etc.)]
II.2 sitting idle, inaction, ἐν τῇ καθέδρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.18; κ. καὶ σχολή 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 28.)]
II.3 session, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 11.)]
III chair of a teacher, ἐπὶ τῆς Μωυσέως κ. ἐκάθισαν [NT (NT.Matt.23.2)]; professorial chair, ἐπὶ τῆς κ. σοφιστής [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“SIG” 845 (Eleusis, 3rd c.AD).)]
IV imperial throne, τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ κ. τοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος, the Emperor's representative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“BSA” 27.234 (Sparta, 2nd c.AD).)]