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Seat

καθέδραStrong’s G2515

kathedra

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Kathedra is the Greek word usually translated “seats” and “seat”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“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,”
Matthew 21:12 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “seats” and “seat”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • seats 2
  • seat 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 2
  • Mark 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

καθέδρα kathedra · seat

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)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “seat” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SEAT, noun

[L. sedes, situs.]

  1. That on which one sits; a chair, bench, stool or any other thing on which a person sits.
  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.
  4. Site; situation.
All definitions and other forms of “seat”
  1. That part of a saddle on which a person sits.
  2. In horsemanship, posture or situation of a perosn on horseback.
  3. A pew or slip in a chruch; a place to sit in.
  4. The place where a thing is settled or established.

SEAT, verb transitive

  1. To place on a seat; to cause to sit down.
  2. To place in a post of authority, in office or a place of distinction.
  3. To settle; to fix in a particular place or country.
  4. To fix; to set firm.
  5. To place in a chruch; to assign seats to.
  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). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.