θρόνος

θρόνος, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX chiefly for כִּסֵּא, 2 Mos 11,5, al. ;]

in Hom., a seat, chair. Later, a throne, chair of state, seat of authority; of kings: metaphorically, of God, Matt 5,34, ApG 7,49" (LXX), Åb 1,4, al.; by meton., for kingly power, sovereignty, Luk 1,32, 52, ApG 2,30; for an angelic hierarchy, Kol 1,16 of Christ, Matt 19,28, Åb 3,21, al.; of Satan, Åb 2,13 τ. θηρίου, Åb 16,10 of the Apostles, Matt 19,28, Luk 22,30, cf. Åb 20,4 of πρεσβύτεροι, Åb 4,4; 11,16 (on θ. τῆς χάριτος, Hebr 4,16, see Westc., in l; Deiss., BS, 135)