Word Summary
kathedra: a seat
Original Word: καθέδραTransliteration: kathedra
Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ed'-rah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a seat
Meaning: a seat
Strong's Concordance
seat.
From kata and the same as hedraios; a bench (literally or figuratively) -- seat.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK hedraios
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.))