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kissēʾ כִּסֵּא ‘throne’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from kāsā כָּסָה ‘to cover’
Roots: כסה

kissēʾ n, m
1) seat (of honour), throne, seat, stool
 1a) seat (of honour), throne
 1b) royal dignity, authority, power (fig.)

Mentioned in Genesis 41:40 Exodus 11:5, 12:29 Deuteronomy 17:18 Judges 3:20 1 Samuel 2:8, 1:9, 4:18, 4:13 2 Samuel 14:9, 7:16, 3:10, 7:13 1 Kings 2:12, 2:24, 3:6, 5:19, 8:20, 8:25, 9:5, 1:13, 1:17, 1:20, 1:24, 1:27, 1:37, 1:47, 2:19, 10:9, 7:7, 1:30, 1:35, 10:19, 2:4, 22:10, 1:48, 22:19, 16:11, 2:33, 2:45, 10:18, 1:46 2 Kings 10:3, 13:13, 10:30, 4:10, 15:12, 11:19, 25:28 Isaiah 22:23, 6:1, 16:5, 66:1, 9:6, 47:1, 14:13, 14:9 Jeremiah 49:38, 43:10, 29:16, 3:17, 1:15, 17:25, 22:30, 33:17, 14:21, 13:13, 22:2, 22:4, 36:30, 52:32, 33:21, 17:12 Ezekiel 1:26, 10:1, 43:7, 26:16 Jonah 3:6 Haggai 2:22 Zechariah 6:13 Psalms 11:4, 93:2, 45:7, 47:9, 132:12, 89:15, 132:11, 89:45, 122:5, 89:5, 9:5, 94:20, 89:37, 89:30, 9:8, 103:19, 97:2 Proverbs 20:28, 29:14, 9:14, 20:8, 25:5, 16:12 Job 26:9, 36:7 Lamentations 5:19 Esther 3:1, 1:2, 5:1 Nehemiah 3:7 1 Chronicles 22:10, 29:23, 17:12, 28:5, 17:14 2 Chronicles 6:10, 6:16, 7:18, 23:20, 9:8, 9:18, 18:9, 18:18, 9:17

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