Lexical Summary
kathedra: Seat, Chair
Original Word: καθέδρα
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: kathedra
Pronunciation: kath-AY-drah
Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ed'-rah)
KJV: seat
NASB: seats, chair
Word Origin: [from G2596 (κατά - according) and the same as G1476 (ἑδραῖος - steadfast)]
1. a bench
{literally or figuratively}
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
seat.
From kata and the same as hedraios; a bench (literally or figuratively) -- seat.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK hedraios
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom
kata and the same as
hedraiosDefinitiona seat
NASB Translationchair (1), seats (2).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2515: καθέδρακαθέδρα,
καθέδρας,
ἡ (
κατά and
ἕδρα),
a chair, seat:
Matthew 21:12;
Mark 11:15 (Sir. 12:12;
Herodian, 2, 3, 17 (7 edition, Bekker)); of the exalted seat occupied by men of eminent rank or influence, as teachers and judges:
ἐπί τῆς Μωϋσέως καθέδρας ἐκάθισαν, sit on the seat which Moses formerly occupied, i. e. bear themselves as Moses' successors in explaining and defending his law,
Matthew 23:2. (the
Sept. for
מושָׁב and
שֶׁבֶת. (
Xenophon,
Aristotle, others.))