Seat (Noun and Verb)

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

A-1kathedraNounG2515

from kata, "down," and hedra, "a seat," denotes "a seat" (Eng., "cathedral"), "a chair," Mat 21:12, Mar 11:15; of teachers, Mat 23:2.

A-2protokathedriaNounG4410

"the first seat," Mat 23:6, Mar 12:39, Luk 11:43, Luk 20:46; see CHIEF, No. 6. Cp. ROOM.

Note: For thronos, sometimes translated "seat" in the AV, see THRONE.

B-1kathemaiVerbG2521

"to sit, be seated," is translated "shall ... be seated" in Luk 22:69, RV; "is seated," Col 3:1, RV (AV, "shall ... sit" and "sitteth"). See SIT.