noun · masculine
thronos
Strong’sG2362
a throne, seat
stem thron-62 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books7 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
θρόνος refers to a seat or chair in a plain, literal sense 134.
More often it denotes a throne – a chair of state or seat of authority, especially of kings 1234. By extension it can stand for the power or sovereignty that the throne represents, rather than the physical seat itself 12. In this range of use it applies to God, to Christ, to angelic powers, to earthly rulers, to Satan, and to those given authority to judge or rule 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
θρόνος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for כִּסֵּא, Ex 11:5, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2362 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidthron'-os
a stately seat ("throne"); by implication, power or (concretely) a potentate
Fromfrom θράω (to sit);
King Jamesseat, throne.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
seat, chair, Refs 8th c.BC+
2 throne, chair of state, θ. βασιλήϊος Refs 5th c.BC+; king's estate or dignity, σκῆπτρα καὶ θρόνους Refs 5th c.BC+; in the Prytaneum, τῷ [Ἀπόλλωνι] θ. ἐξελεῖν Refs
3 oracular seat of Apollo, Refs 5th c.BC+; μαντικοὶ θ. Refs 4th c.BC+
4 chair of a teacher, Refs 5th c.BC+
5 judge's bench, Refs 1st c.AD+
6 Astrology texts,= ὕψωμα, Refs
6.b favourable combination of planetary positions, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II a kind of bread, Refs 3rd c.BC+
III name of a lozenge, Refs 7th c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | thronos6×θρόνος | thronois2×θρόνοι |
| object accusative | thronon7×θρόνον | thronoin4×θρόνους |
| direct address vocative | thronor | thronoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | thronou32×θρόνου | thronoiu2×θρόνων |
| to, for dative | throno9×θρόνῳ | thronoi |
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
throno 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
62 occurrences, every one of them listed
thronos“throne”subjectnominative singular6×
Matthew 5:34… holōs; mēte en to ourano, hoti thronos atō tou theou;… by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
Acts 7:49Tos ouranos mi thronos, tas de gēas hupopodiem toiu podoiu …‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool …
Hebrews 1:8pros de ton huion; Tos thronos su tos theor eis ton aiōnon …… about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever …
Revelation 2:13Oidamē pou katoikasō, hopou tos thronos tou Satanou, kai kratasō tem onomem …… know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold …
Revelation 4:2eutheōs genema en pneume; kai idou thronos keiote en to ourano, kai epi …… the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated …
Revelation 22:3… katathemem ouk eti ēti. kai tos thronos tou theou kai teu arnieu en …… will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb …
thronon“throne”objectaccusative singular7×
Luke 1:32… dōati auto kurios tos theos ton thronon David tou patrou autou,… Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
Acts 2:30… tau osfuau autou kathizara epi ton thronon autou,… one of his descendants on his throne.
Revelation 4:2“throne”… en to ourano, kai epi ton thronon kathorōntos,… was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.
Revelation 12:5… pros ton theon kai pros ton thronon autou.… up to God and to His throne.
Revelation 13:2… drakontos tan dunamian auteu kai ton thronon auteu kai exousian megan.… the beast his power and his throne and great authority.
Revelation 16:10… ekchata tan fialan autou epi ton thronon teu thēreu; kai geneta tas basileias …… poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom …
Revelation 20:11Kai horama thronon megon leukon kai ton kathorōnton epi …Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it …
thronou“throne”of, belonging togenitive singular32×
Matthew 19:28… kathizateia tos huios tou anthrōpou epi thronou doxau autou, kathevi kai vis epi …… of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will …
Matthew 25:31… angelois meta autou, tote kathizati epi thronou doxau autou;… He will sit on His glorious throne.
Hebrews 8:1… archierevon, hos kathizata en dexa tou thronou tau megalōsunau en toi ouranoi,… at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
Hebrews 12:2… aischunau katafronarantos, en dexa tē tou thronou tou theou kathizatē.… at the right hand of the throne of God.
Revelation 1:4… teiu hepta pneumeiu heim enōpion tou thronou autou,… from the seven spirits before His throne,
Revelation 4:3… kai sardie, kai irias kuklothen tou thronou homoios horasia smaragdino.… gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
Revelation 4:4kai kuklothen tou thronou thronois eikosi tessares, kai epi toin …Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on …
Revelation 4:5kai ek tou thronou ekporeuolō astrapais kai fōnais kai brontais; …From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and …
Revelation 4:5… hepta lampadais pureu kaiorōntais enōpion tou thronou, heim alō teim hepta pneumeim tou …… and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These …
Revelation 4:6kai enōpion tou thronou hōs thalassas hualinas homoias krustallo. Kai …And before the throne was something like a sea of …
Revelation 4:6… homoias krustallo. Kai en mese tou thronou kai kuklō tou thronou tessares zōeim …… crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with …
Revelation 4:6“throne”… mese tou thronou kai kuklō tou thronou tessares zōeim gemarōnteim ofthalmoiu emprosthen kai …… crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
Revelation 4:10… presbuterois enōpion tou kathorōntou epi tou thronou, kai proskunali to zōarōnto eis toin …… before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives …
Revelation 4:10… balali toin stefanoin autoiu enōpion tou thronou, legarōntois;… They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
Revelation 5:1… tan dexan tou kathorōntou epi tou thronou bibliem graforēntem esōthen kai opisthen, katasfragizorēntem …… of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides …
Revelation 5:6Kai horama en mese tou thronou kai teiu tessares zōeiu kai en …… standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures …
Revelation 5:7… tau dexau tou kathorōntou epi tou thronou.… of the One seated on the throne.
Revelation 5:11… akouama fōnan angeloiu polloiu kuklō tou thronou kai teiu zōeiu kai toiu presbuteroiu, …… voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the …
Revelation 6:16… apo prosōpeu tou kathorōntou epi tou thronou kai apo tau orgau teu arnieu,… of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the …
Revelation 7:9… laoiu kai glōssaiu, stēarēntois enōpion tou thronou kai enōpion teu arnieu, peribalorēntoin stolain …… people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were …
Revelation 7:11… pantois tois angelois stēalelē kuklō tou thronou kai toiu presbuteroiu kai teiu tessares …… all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the …
Revelation 7:11… tessares zōeiu, kai piptala enōpion tou thronou epi teim prosōpeim autoiu kai proskunala …… And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,
Revelation 7:15dia houtem alō enōpion tou thronou tou theou, kai latreualō auto hēmerau …… this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day …
Revelation 7:15… autou, kai tos kathorōntos epi tou thronou skēnati epi autoin.… and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
Revelation 7:17… tem arniem tem ana mesem tou thronou poimanati autoin, kai hodēgati autoin epi …… Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will …
Revelation 8:3… thusiastēriem tem chrusouem tem enōpion tou thronou.… on the golden altar before the throne.
Revelation 14:3… adalō hōs ōdan kainan enōpion tou thronou kai enōpion teiu tessares zōeiu kai …… sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures …
Revelation 16:17… megas ek tou naou apo tou thronou legarōntas; Genatē… a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is …
Revelation 19:5Kai fōnas apo tou thronou exerchata legarōntas; Ainavōr to theo nu, …Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you …
Revelation 20:12… kai toin mikroin, stēarēntoin enōpion tou thronou, kai biblieim anoigila; kai allosem bibliem …… great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one …
Revelation 21:3kai akouama fōnau megau ek tou thronou legarōntau; Idou tas skēnas tou theou …… heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of …
Revelation 22:1… lampron hōs krustallon, ekporeuorōnton ek tou thronou tou theou kai teu arnieu… clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
throno“throne”to, fordative singular9×
Matthew 23:22… en to ourano omnuatō en to throno tou theou kai en to kathorōnto …… swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits …
Hebrews 4:16proserchoneiō oun meta parrēsiau to throno tau charitau, hina labaneia elesem kai …Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that …
Revelation 3:21… auto kathizara meta mu en to throno mu, hōs kamis nikama kai kathizama …… to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat …
Revelation 3:21… meta tou patrou mu en to throno autou.… down with My Father on His throne.
Revelation 4:9… kai eucharistian to kathorōnto epi to throno, to zōarōnto eis toin aiōnoin toiu …… to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
Revelation 5:13… akouama legarōntoin; To kathorōnto epi to throno kai te arnie tas eulogias kai …… To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise …
Revelation 7:10… theo nu to kathorōnto epi to throno kai te arnie.… our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
Revelation 19:4… to theo to kathorōnto epi to throno legarōntois; Amēn, Hallēlouia.… worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”
Revelation 21:5Kai legata tos kathorōntos epi to throno; Idou kaineim poiamō panteim. kai legatō; …And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things …
thronois“thrones”subjectnominative plural2×
Colossians 1:16… teim horateim kai teim aorateim, eite thronois eite kuriotais eite archais eite exousiais; …… on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities …
Revelation 4:4“(were) thrones”kai kuklothen tou thronou thronois eikosi tessares, kai epi toin thronoin …Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four …
thronoin“thrones”objectaccusative plural4×
Matthew 19:28… autou, kathevi kai vis epi dōdeka thronoin krinarōntois tain dōdeka fulain tou Israēl.… Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Revelation 4:4… thronois eikosi tessares, kai epi toin thronoin eikosi tessares presbuteroin kathorōntoin peribalorēntoin en …… twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white …
Revelation 11:16… enōpion tou theou kathorōntois epi toin thronoin autoiu piptala epi teim prosōpeim autoiu …… twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces …
Revelation 20:4Kai horama thronoin, kai kathizala epi autoin, kai krimem …Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had …
thronoiu“thrones”of, belonging togenitive plural2×
Luke 1:52kathairata dunastoin apo thronoiu kai hupsata tapeinoin,… has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.
Luke 22:30… ta basileia mu, kai kathevi epi thronoiu tain dōdeka fulain krinarōntois tou Israēl.… in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.