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θρόνος

MainId: 002368000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: θ

StrongCodes: G2362

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 002368001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: θρόνος
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ου
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 002368001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 6.112
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Artifacts
  LEXSubDomains: Furniture
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-20 10:46:09
    DefinitionShort: a relatively large and elaborate seat upon which a ruler sits on official occasions
    Glosses: throne
    Comments: In some languages ‘throne’ is rendered as ‘the seat of judging’ or ‘the seat of decision-making for a ruler.’
  LEXReferences: MAT 5:34, MAT 19:28, MAT 19:28, MAT 23:22, MAT 25:31, ACTs 2:30, ACTs 7:49, HEB 1:8, HEB 4:16, HEB 8:1, HEB 12:2, REV 1:4, REV 3:21, REV 3:21, REV 4:2, REV 4:2, REV 4:3, REV 4:4, REV 4:4, REV 4:4, REV 4:5, REV 4:5, REV 4:6, REV 4:6, REV 4:6, REV 4:9, REV 4:10, REV 4:10, REV 5:1, REV 5:6, REV 5:7, REV 5:11, REV 5:13, REV 6:16, REV 7:9, REV 7:10, REV 7:11, REV 7:11, REV 7:15, REV 7:15, REV 7:17, REV 8:3, REV 11:16, REV 12:5, REV 14:3, REV 16:10, REV 16:17, REV 19:4, REV 19:5, REV 20:4, REV 20:11, REV 20:12, REV 21:3, REV 21:5, REV 22:1, REV 22:3
  LEXLinks: realia:1.10.1
2. LEXID: 002368001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 37.70
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Rule, Govern
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-20 10:46:09
    DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:θρόνος}[a] ‘throne,’ {D:6.112}) a ruling power, with the implication of royal status
    Glosses: ['ruler', 'royal ruler']
    Comments: Most scholars understand θρόνος in {S:05100101600040} as meaning a supernatural power, whether angelic or demonic (see {D:12.44}), but it is possible that θρόνοι in {S:05100101600040} means human rulers.
  LEXReferences: COL 1:16
3. LEXID: 002368001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 12.44
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Supernatural Beings and Powers
  LEXSubDomains: Supernatural Powers
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-20 10:46:09
    DefinitionShort: (title for supernatural forces and powers) a supernatural power having some particular role in controlling the destiny and activities of human beings
    Glosses: ['power', 'authority', 'lordship', 'ruler', 'wicked force']
    Comments: See also {D:37.52}, {D:37.70}, and {D:37.73}.
  LEXReferences: COL 1:16
4. LEXID: 002368001004000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 37.71
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Rule, Govern
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-20 10:46:09
    DefinitionShort: position of power and authority to rule
    Glosses: ['rule', 'authority', 'throne']
    Comments: There are serious complications in attempting to translate θρόνος in {S:04200103200030} literally as ‘throne,’ since this might refer specifically to the seat on which David earlier sat. It may in fact be necessary to translate this expression in {S:04200103200030} as ‘the Lord God will cause him to rule in the way in which his ancestor David ruled.’
  LEXReferences: LUKE 1:32, LUKE 1:52, HEB 1:8, REV 13:2
5. LEXID: 002368001005000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 37.72
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Control, Rule
  LEXSubDomains: Rule, Govern
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-20 10:46:09
    DefinitionShort: the place from which authority or rule is exercised
    Glosses: ['place of authority', 'place of ruling', 'throne']
    Comments: In {S:05800401600012} the phrase τῷ θρόνῳ τῆς χάριτος is clearly a reference to God, and therefore in a number of languages it may be necessary to translate ‘let us therefore with boldness approach God, who shows grace.’
  LEXReferences: LUKE 22:30, HEB 1:8, HEB 4:16, REV 2:13