θρόνος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for כִּסֵּא, Exo.11:5, al;] in Hom, a seat, chair. Later, a throne, chair of state, seat of authority; of kings: metaphorically, of God, Mat.5:34, Act.7:49 " (LXX), Rev.1:4, al; by meton, for kingly power, sovereignty, Luk.1:32, 52, Act.2:30; for an angelic hierarchy, Col.1:16; of Christ, Mat.19:28, Rev.3:21, al; of Satan, Rev.2:13; τ. θηρίου, Rev.16:10; of the Apostles, Mat.19:28, Luk.22:30, cf. Rev.20:4; of πρεσβύτεροι, Rev.4:4 11:16 (on θ. τῆς χάριτος, Heb.4:16, see Westc, in l; Deiss, BS, 135) (
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