כֵּס
kes
throne
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# The Hebrew Word for Throne: כֵּס (kes) The Hebrew word *kes* (כֵּס) carries the straightforward meaning of "throne," appearing 124 times throughout the biblical text. This frequency indicates that the concept of a throne held considerable importance in the worldview and language of ancient Hebrew speakers. The word denotes a seat of authority and power, whether occupied by earthly rulers or, in theological contexts, by God himself. The substantial number of occurrences suggests that thrones functioned as a central symbol in biblical discourse, likely reflecting their historical reality as physical seats signifying royal authority and divine sovereignty. The repeated use of this term across different biblical books and contexts indicates that the throne served as a fundamental metaphor and literal institution in both the political and religious dimensions of ancient Israelite culture.
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Occurrences in Scripture
124 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from Yahweh’s house. They came through the upper gate to the king’s house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom.
Esther 1:2in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Susa the palace,
Esther 5:1Now on the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house.
Job 26:9He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
Job 36:7He doesn’t withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne, he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
Psalms 9:4For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
Psalms 9:7But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
Psalms 11:4Yahweh is in his holy temple. Yahweh is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.
Psalms 93:2Your throne is established from long ago. You are from everlasting.
Psalms 45:6Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
Psalms 47:8God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne.
Psalms 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’ ”
Psalms 89:14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
Psalms 89:29I will also make his offspring endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Psalms 89:36His offspring will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me.
Psalms 89:44You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground.
Psalms 94:20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?
Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Psalms 103:19Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all.
Psalms 122:5For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.
Psalms 122:5For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.
Psalms 132:11Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
Psalms 132:12If your children will keep my covenant, my testimony that I will teach them, their children also will sit on your throne forever more.”
Proverbs 16:12It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.
Proverbs 20:8A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:28Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
Proverbs 25:5Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Proverbs 29:14The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
Isaiah 6:1In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
Isaiah 14:9Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Isaiah 14:13You said in your heart, “I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!
Isaiah 16:5A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
Isaiah 47:1“Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
Isaiah 66:1Yahweh says, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?
Jeremiah 1:15For, behold, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says Yahweh. “They will come, and they will each set his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls all around, and against all the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 3:17At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘Yahweh’s Throne;’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Yahweh’s name, to Jerusalem. They will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
Jeremiah 13:13Then tell them, ‘Yahweh says, “Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
Jeremiah 14:21Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake. Do not disgrace the throne of your glory. Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us.
Jeremiah 17:12A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
Jeremiah 17:25then there will enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on David’s throne, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city will remain forever.
Jeremiah 22:2‘Hear Yahweh’s word, king of Judah, who sits on David’s throne, you, your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.
Jeremiah 22:4For if you do this thing indeed, then kings sitting on David’s throne will enter in by the gates of this house, riding in chariots and on horses, he, his servants, and his people.
Jeremiah 22:30Yahweh says, “Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his days; for no more will a man of his offspring prosper, sitting on David’s throne, and ruling in Judah.”
Jeremiah 29:16Yahweh says concerning the king who sits on David’s throne, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who haven’t gone with you into captivity;
Jeremiah 33:17For Yahweh says: “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.
Jeremiah 33:21then may my covenant also be broken with David my servant, that he won’t have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
Jeremiah 36:30Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: “He will have no one to sit on David’s throne. His dead body will be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
Jeremiah 43:10and tell them, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne on these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
Jeremiah 49:38I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there king and princes,’ says Yahweh.