noun · feminine

kathedras

Greekκαθέδρα (kathedra)

Strong’sG2515

a seat, chair

stem kathedr-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

seats2×seat1×

What it means

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.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2515 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkath-ed'-rah

a bench (literally or figuratively)

Fromfrom G2596 and the same as G1476;

King Jamesseat.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	kathedras	kathedrais
object accusative	kathedran	kathedrain2×καθέδρας
direct address vocative	kathedrar	kathedrair
of, belonging to genitive	kathedrau1×καθέδρας	kathedraiu
to, for dative	kathedra	kathedrai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

kathedrstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

kathedra is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

kathedrau“seat”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Matthew 23:2“seat”legarōtos; Epi tau Mōusou kathedrau kathizala tois grammatevois kai tois Farisaiois.“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

kathedrain“seats”objectaccusative plural2×

Matthew 21:12“seats”Kai eiserchata Iēsus eis tem hierem, kai ekballata pantoin toin pōlarōtoin kai agorazarōtoin en te hiere kai tain trapezain toiu kollubistoiu katastrefata kai tain kathedrain toiu pōlarōtoiu tain peristerain,Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

Mark 11:15“seats”Kai erchelō eis Hierosolumeim. kai eisercharatos eis tem hierem archeta ekballarō toin pōlarōtoin kai toin agorazarōtoin en te hiere, kai tain trapezain toiu kollubistoiu kai tain kathedrain toiu pōlarōtoiu tain peristerain katastrefataWhen they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.