Strong's Number 2362
Transliteration:
thronos
{thron'-os}
Word Origin:
from thrao (to sit), a stately seat ("throne")
TDNT:
3:160,338
Part of Speech:
noun masculine
Usage in the KJV:
throne 54, seat 7
Total: 61
Definition:
- a throne seat
- a chair of state having a footstool
- assigned in the NT to kings, hence, kingly power or royalty
- metaph. to God, the governor of the world
- to the Messiah, Christ, the partner and assistant in the divine administration
- hence divine power belonging to Christ
- to judges i.e. tribunal or bench
- to elders