Dictionary entry

G02362

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

θρόνος

Alt. θρόνος, ὁ,

Etym. *θράω

1. "a seat, chair", Hom.: "a throne, chair of state", Hdt., attic:—in pl. also, "the throne", i. e. "the king's estate or dignity", Soph.

2. "the oracular seat" of Apollo or the Pythia, Aesch., etc.

3. "the chair of a teacher", Lat. cathedra, Plat.