G2515: καθέδρα (kathédra)

G2515 καθέδρα (kathédra)

Greek

Quick Definition

καθέδρα, ας, ἡ n.f. a seat, chair

Strong's Definition

from 2596 and the same as 1476; a bench (literally or figuratively)

KJV Usage: seat

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

καθέδρα (G2515)

noun, f. | -ας | ἑδραῖος

6.111 · Artifacts · Furniture

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

MAT 21:12 · MAT 23:2 · MRK 11:15

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

καθέδρα kathedra 3x

chair, seat, Mt. 21:12; 23:2; Mk. 11:15*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

καθ-έδρα, -ας, ἡ

(< κατά, + ἔδρα, a seat), [in LXX for מוֹשָׁב and cogn. forms;]

a chair, seat: Mt 21:12, Mk 11:15; of teachers, Mt 23:2.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

καθέδρα “acquit ” see JAS xxxv. p. 54, and for (τὰ) καθαρά used as a subst. see P Lond 4298 12, αἱ (ς. a.p. 350) (=II. p. 314 f.). In P Par 5178 (B.c. 160) (= Se/ections, p. 21), a dream from the Serapeum, we find the words—atrar δὲ γυναῖκές εἰσιν. ἐὰν μιανθῶσιν, [οὐ μ]ὴ γένονται καθαραὶ πώποτε. For the higher pagan developments see what is said s.v. ἁγνός, and add the interesting Sy// 567°™: (ii/A.D.) prescribing the conditions of entrance to a temple—tp@rov μὲν kal τὸ pé[y]ioτον, χεῖρας kal (γγνώμην καθαροὺς kal ὑγιε[ἴ5] ὑπάρχοντας καὶ μηδὲν αὑτοῖς δεινὸν συνειδότας. Then follow τὰ ἐκτός —one thinks of Mt 233: after eating pease-pudding (ἀπὸ φακῆς) an interval of three days is prescribed, after goat’s flesh three, after cheese one, after practising abortion (ἀπὸ φθορείων) forty, after the death of a relative forty, after lawful sexual intercourse they may come the same day when sprinkled and anointed with oil. For the beginnings of the same distinction between lawful and illicit intercourse we may compare Sy// 566, a Pergamene inscr. of ii/B.c.—’ ἁγνευέτωσαν δὲ κ[α]ὶ εἰσίτωσαν εἰς τὸν τῆς θεο[ῦ ναὸν] οἵ τε πολῖται καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι πάντες ἀπὸ μὲν τῆς ἰδίας [γυναι]κὸς | καὶ τοῦ ἰδίου ἀνδρὸς αὐθημερόν, ἀπὸ τὲ ἀλλοτρίας “κ[αὶ] ἀλλοτρίου δευτεραῖοι λουσάμενοι: ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ κήδους καὶ τεκούσης γυναικὸς δευτεραῖος" ἀπὸ δὲ τάφου καὶ ἐκφορ[ἂς] περιρασάμενοι (7.c.-pav—) καὶ διελθόντες τὴν πύλην, καθ᾽ ἣν τὰ ἁγιστήρια τίθεται, καθαροὶ αὐθημερόν. The | whole is an illustration of the four prohibitions in the Apostolic decree. As showing the Christian use of the adj. we may also cite the new fragment of an uncanonical gospel where the Saviour, who has taken His disciples with Him inside the Temple to the ἁγνευτήριον, is reproached by the chief priest for having failed to perform the necessary ceremonies before entering the holy place—aAAG μεμολυ[μμένος] ἐπάτησας τοῦτο τὸ ἱερὸν T[droy ὄν]τα καθαρόν, ὃν οὐδεὶς ἄϊλλος εἰ μὴ] λουσάμενος καὶ ἀλλάξας τὰ ἐνδύ]ματα πατεῖ (P Oxy V. 840158.). For the subst. cf. P Lond 6041 (c. A.D. 47) (=TIII. p. 81) εἰς κάθαρσιν. KaSdporos = “purging draught” is found in the medical recipe P Oxy XI. 1384! (v/a.p.), and in the same document (?7) the compd. adj. πανκάθαρος is applied to angels.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

καθέδρα (kathedra) — seat. καθέδρ-α, ἡ, seat, κ. τοῦ λαγῶ a hare's seat or form, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; chair, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; opposed to κλίνη, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of rowers' seats, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κ. λοιμῶν, πρεσβυτέρων, [LXX]

2. sitting part, posteriors, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. base of a column, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II. sitting posture, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. sitting idle, inaction, ἐν τῇ καθέδρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. session, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. chair of a teacher, ἐπὶ τῆς Μωυσέως κ. ἐκάθισαν [NT]; professorial chair, ἐπὶ τῆς κ. σοφιστής [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

IV. imperial throne, τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ κ. τοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος, the Emperor's representative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]