Matthew 21:12
And 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,
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Seats
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Revelation 11:16
And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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θρόνος
thrónos · thron'-os
4 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences
a stately seat ("throne"); by implication, power or (concretely) a potentate
Strong's KJV usage: :--seat, throne.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 1:52Strong's last: Revelation 11:16
Open full G2362 profile →πρωτοκαθεδρία
prōtokathedría · pro-tok-ath-ed-ree'-ah
4 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a sitting first (in the front row), i.e. preeminence in council
Strong's KJV usage: :--chief (highest, uppermost) seat.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 23:6Strong's last: Luke 20:46
Open full G4410 profile →καθέδρα
kathédra · kath-ed'-rah
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a bench (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--seat.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 21:12Strong's last: Mark 11:15
Open full G2515 profile →κριτήριον
kritḗrion · kree-tay'-ree-on
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a rule of judging ("criterion"), i.e. (by implication) a tribunal
Strong's KJV usage: :--to judge, judgment (seat).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: James 2:6Strong's last: James 2:6
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G2362
He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.
G4410
Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
G4410
Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
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seat
SEAT, noun [L. sedes, situs.]
1. That on which one sits; a chair, bench, stool or any other thing on which a person sits.
Christ--overthrew the tables of the money changers and the seats of them that sold doves. Matthew 21:12.
2. The place of sitting; throne; chair of state; tribunal; post of authority; as the seat of justice; judgment-seat.
3. Mansion; residence; dwelling; abode; as Italy the seat of empire. The Greeks sent colonies to seek a new seat in Gaul.
In Albe he shall fix his royal seat. Dryden.
4. Site; situation. The seat of Eden has never been incontrovertibly ascertained.
5. That part of a saddle on which a person sits.
6. In horsemanship, posture or situation of a perosn on horseback.
7. A pew or slip in a chruch; a place to sit in.
8. The place where a thing is settled or established. London is the seat of business and opulence. So we say, the seat of the muses, the seat of arts, the seat of commerce.
SEAT, verb transitive
1. To place on a seat; to cause to sit down. We seat ourselves; we seat our guests.
The guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate.
Arbuthnot.
2. To place in a post of authority, in office or a place of distinction. He seated his son in the professor's chair.
Then high was king Richard seated. Shak.
3. To settle; to fix in a particular place or country. A colony of Greeks seated themselves in the south of Italy; another at Massilia in Gaul.
4. To fix; to set firm.
From their foundations, loosening to and fro, They pluck'd the seated hills. Milton.
5. To place in a chruch; to assign seats to. In New England, where the pews in churches are not private property, it is customary to seat families for a year or longer time; that is, assign and appropriate seats to their use.
6. To appropriate the pews in, to particular families; as, to seat a church.
7. To repair by making the seat new; as, to seat a garment.
8. To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as, to seat a country. [Not used much.]
SEAT, verb intransitive To rest; to lie down. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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