Word

καθέδρα

kathédra · G2515 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Chair, seatHousehold25 verses

Meanings

seat, stool, chair

A piece of furniture used for sitting; differs widely in shape and materials; often made of a wooden or cane frame with the seat woven of reeds or made of wood; with or without a back

Examples
Matthew 21:12 And Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying on the temple grounds, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.
Matthew 23:2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses.
Mark 11:15 Then they came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying on the temple grounds, and He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves;

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

3 occurrences in 2 groups

πωλέωto sell 2
ΜωσεύςMoses 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

καταστρέφωto turn over 2

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐπίon 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Seat, stool, chair6.111: In Matthew 21:12, of Jesus in the temple it is written, “He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves,” naming this furniture directly.

Word family 19 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἑδραῖος hedraîos · G1476 · firm, steadfast, unwavering · 3×καθίζω kathízō · G2523 · to sit, to sit down, to be seated · 46×συνέδριον synédrion · G4892 · city council, council of judges, the council of the Jews · 22×καθέζομαι kathézomai · G2516 · to sit, to sit down, to be seated · 7×καθέδραkathédra · G2515ἀνακαθίζω anakathízō · G339 · to sit up · 2×ἀφεδρών aphedrṓn · G856 · latrine, toilet · 2×ἐνέδρα enédra · G1747 · an ambuscade, i.e. murderous purpose · 2×ἐνεδρεύω enedreúō · G1748 · to be in an ambush, to make plans for a secret attack, ambush · 2×συγκαθίζω synkathízō · G4776 · to sit down with, to be seated with, sitting with · 2×ἐδαφίζω edaphízō · G1474 · to raze, to tear down, to destroy · 1×ἔδαφος édaphos · G1475 · ground · 1×ἑδραίωμα hedraíōma · G1477 · support, foundation, basis · 1×ἐπικαθίζω epikathízō · G1940 · to sit upon, to mount, to get on · 1×εὐπρόσεδρος euprósedros · G2145 · devoted to, devoted service of, devotion · 1×παρακαθίζω parakathízō · G3869 · to sit down by, to sit down near · 1×προσεδρεύω prosedreúō · G4332 · to serve · 1×ἔνεδρον énedron · G1749 · ambush, planning a secret attack · 0×

Also from the root ἑδραῖος

πρωτοκαθεδρία prōtokathedría · G4410 · place of honor, seat of honor, best seat · 4×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon καθέδρας, ἡ (κατά and ἕδρα), a chair, seat: Mt 21:12; Mk 11:15 (Sir. 12:12; Herodian, 2,…

καθέδρας, ἡ (κατά and ἕδρα), a chair, seat: Mt 21:12; Mk 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, Mt 23:2. (the Sept. for מושָׁב and שֶׁבֶת. (Xenophon, Aristotle, others.))

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Furniture3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0