Quick Definition
θρόνος, ου, ὁ n.m. a throne, seat
Strong's Definition
from thrao (to sit); a stately seat ("throne"); by implication, power or (concretely) a potentate
KJV Usage: seat, throne
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου
6.112 · Artifacts · Furniture
throne a relatively large and elaborate seat upon which a ruler sits on official occasions In some languages ‘throne’ is rendered as ‘the seat of judging’ or ‘the seat of decision-making for a ruler.’
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37.70 · Control, Rule · Rule, Govern
ruler, royal ruler (a figurative extension of meaning of θρόνος[a] ‘throne,’ 6.112) a ruling power, with the implication of royal status Most scholars understand θρόνος in COL 1:16 as meaning a supernatural power, whether angelic or demonic (see 12.44), but it is possible that θρόνοι in COL 1:16 means human rulers.
12.44 · Supernatural Beings and Powers · Supernatural Powers
power, authority, lordship, ruler, wicked force (title for supernatural forces and powers) a supernatural power having some particular role in controlling the destiny and activities of human beings See also 37.52, 37.70, and 37.73.
37.71 · Control, Rule · Rule, Govern
rule, authority, throne position of power and authority to rule There are serious complications in attempting to translate θρόνος in LUK 1:32 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 LUK 1:32 as ‘the Lord God will cause him to rule in the way in which his ancestor David ruled.’
37.72 · Control, Rule · Rule, Govern
place of authority, place of ruling, throne the place from which authority or rule is exercised In HEB 4:16 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.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θρόνος, του, ὁ, (OPA to sit; ef. Curtius § 316), [fr. Hom. down], Sept. for 8D3, a throne, seat, i.e. a chair of state having a footstool ; assigned in the N. T. to kings, hence by meton. for kingly power, royalty: Lk. i. 32,52; Acts ii. 30. metaph. to God, the governor of the world: Mt. ν. 34; xxiii. 22; Acts vii. 49 (Is. Ixvi.1); Rev. i. 4; iii. 21; iv. 2-6, 9, 10, ete.; Heb. iv. 16; viii. 1; xii. 2, to the Messiah, the partner and assistant in the divine administration: Mt. xix. 28; xxv. 31; Rev. iii. 21; xx. 11; xxii. 3; hence the divine power belonging to Christ, Heb. i. 8. to judges, i. q. tribunal or bench (Plut. mor. p- 807 b.): Mt. xix. 28; Lk. xxii. 30; Rev. xx. 4. to elders: Rev.iv.4; xi. 16. toSatan: Rev. ii. 13; ef. Bleek ad loc. to the beast (concerning which see θηρίον) : Rev. xvi. 10. θρόνος is used by meton. of one who holds dominion or exercises authority ; thus in plur. of angels: Col. i. 16 [see Bp. Lghtft. ad loc. ].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θρόνος thronos 62x
a seat, a throne, Mt. 5:34; 19:28; Lk. 1:52; meton. power, dominion, Lk. 1:32; Heb. 1:8; a potentate, Col. 1:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θρόνος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for כִּסֵּא, Ex 11:5, al.;]
in Hom., a seat, chair. Later, a throne, chair of state, seat of authority; of kings: metaph., of God, Mt 5:34, Ac 7:49(LXX), Re 1:4, al.; by meton., for kingly power, sovereignty, Lk 1:32, 52, Ac 2:30; for an angelic hierarchy, Col 1:16; of Christ, Mt 19:28, Re 3:21, al.; of Satan, Re 2:13; τ. θηρίου, Re 16:10; of the Apostles, Mt 19:28, Lk 22:30, cf. Re 20:4; of πρεσβύτεροι, Re 4:4 11:16 (on θ. τῆς χάριτος, He 4:16, v. Westc., in l.; Deiss., BS, 135).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θρόνος. For this word, which in the NT, and notably in the Apocalypse, is always an official seat or chair of state, we may compare OG/S 383” (rescript of Commagene — mid. i/B.c.) ἐγὼ πατρώιαν [ἀ]ρχὴν [π]αρ[αλ]α[ β]ὼν βασιλείαν [μ]ὲν ἐμο[ἴ]ς ὑπήκοον θρόνοις, 7d. 4? πρὸς οὐρανίους Διὸς ᾿Ωρομάσδου θρόνους, and Preisigke 9827 (B.C. 4) ὑπὲρ Αὐτοκράτορος Καίσαρος θεοῦ υἱοῦ Σεβαστοῦ . . . τίδ]ν θρόνον καὶ τὸν βωμὸν ἀνέθηκε, 23. ττ645 (B.C. 181-..5) ὑπὲρ βασιλἕως Πτολεμαίο(υ) καὶ βασιλίσσης Κλεοπάτρας . . - τὸ Πτολεμαῖον καὶ τὸν θρόνον Ἕ!ρμεῖ Ἡρακλεῖ. In connexion with the above it may be noticed that Deissmann (1.4.2, | 2 τ = J 2 Ἄ. « ΄ Prete gon (nev) 200) where an inser. on a temple-pillar | Ρ- 280 n.2) from personal observation thinks that ὃ θρόνος is dated—éml Διδύμου ἱερέως θρησκεύοντος. Boisacq (Ρ. 340) τοῦ Σατανᾶ (Rev 213) at Pergamum can only have been the altar of Zeus, which there dominated the whole district, and was thus a typical representative of satanic heathendom. The word in its original sense of ‘‘ seat,” ‘‘chair,”’ is found in P Oxy VII. 10504 (ii/iii A.D.) θρόνῳ (δραχμαὶ) k, “fora chair 20 dr.” Ovatetoa. For the guild of purple dyers at Thyatira (Ac 16**) see CIG 3496-8, and the inscr. on a tomb at Thessalonica which the guild of purple dyers erected to the memory of a certain Menippus from Thyatira—h συνήθεια τῶν πορφυροβάφων τῆς ὀκτωκαιδεκάτης Μένιππον ᾿Αμ[μ]ου τὸν καὶ Σεβῆρον | Θνατειρηνόν, μνήμης χάριν (Duchesne et Bayet AMisson to 2 Cor 215 ‘‘ make a show of,” and contributes additional | au Mont Athos, p. 52, No. 83; cf. Zahn Introd. 1. p. 5331).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θρόνος (thronos) — throne. θρόνος, ὁ, seat, chair, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. throne, chair of state, θ. βασιλήϊος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; king's estate or dignity, σκῆπτρα καὶ θρόνους [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in the Prytaneum, τῷ [Ἀπόλλωνι] θ. ἐξελεῖν [Refs]
3. oracular seat of Apollo, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαντικοὶ θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
4. chair of a teacher, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. judge's bench, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
6. Astrology texts,= ὕψωμα, [Refs]
6. b favourable combination of planetary positions, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. a kind of bread, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
III. name of a lozenge, [Refs 7th c.AD+]