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θρόνος

thro'-nos
masculine noun
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From thrao (to sit), a stately seat (

from θράω thráō (to sit); a stately seat ("throne"); by implication, power or (concretely) a potentate:—seat, throne.

Outline

  1. a throne seat
    1. a chair of state having a footstool
    2. assigned in the NT to kings, hence, kingly power or royalty
      1. metaph. to God, the governor of the world
      2. to the Messiah, Christ, the partner and assistant in the divine administration
        1. hence divine power belonging to Christ
      3. to judges i.e. tribunal or bench
      4. to elders

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