Strong’s H3678 · Hebrew

כִּסֵּא
kiççêʼ
kis-say'

Definition

properly, covered, i.e. a throne (as canopied)

Etymology

or כִּסֵּה; from H3680 (כָּסָה);

Where the KJV renders it

  • seat
  • stool
  • throne

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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