θρόνος thronos
Greek word for “throne” · Strong’s G2362 · used 62 times in 51 verses
Meaning
θρόνος, -ου, ὁ; in Hom., a seat, chair.
How it is translated
Glosses given for thronos in context, with how often each is used:
- throne 54
- thrones 8
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revelation | 47 | 4.8 | |
| Matthew | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Hebrews | 4 | 0.8 | |
| Luke | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Acts | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Colossians | 1 | 0.6 |
Chapters where it is used most
Revelation 4 (7), Revelation 5 (5), Revelation 7 (5), Revelation 20 (3), Luke 1 (2), Revelation 16 (2), Revelation 19 (2), Revelation 21 (2), Revelation 22 (2), Matthew 5 (1)
Forms
- θρόνου 32
- θρόνῳ 9
- θρόνον 7
- θρόνος 6
- θρόνους 5
- θρόνων 2
- θρόνοι 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with thronos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- κάθημαι kathēmai “to sit” 18
- ἐνώπιον enōpion “before” 11
- ἀρνίον arnion “lamb” 8
- τέσσαρες tessares “four” 8
- ζῷον zōon “living thing” 7
- πρεσβύτερος presbuteros “elder” 8
- καθίζω kathizō “to seat” 7
- μέγας megas “great” 8
- οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 8
- εἴκοσι eikosi “twenty” 4
- προσκυνέω proskuneō “to worship” 5
- φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 6
Key verses
The verses using thronos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 25:31 — When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
- Luke 1:32 — He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
- Hebrews 1:8 — But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
- Hebrews 12:2 — Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the…
- Revelation 3:21 — To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
- Revelation 7:9 — After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and…
- Revelation 7:17 — For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from…
- Revelation 20:4 — And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for…
- Revelation 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
- Revelation 20:12 — And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were…
- Revelation 21:3 — And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God…
- Revelation 22:1 — And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.