thronos · throne

What it means

thronos (θρόνος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “throne”.

The seat of a king or a judge; hence royal power.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A raised seat from which the king rules and judges; above all God's.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Throne: the seat of a king or a judge, and by extension his power to reign and judge. In Revelation, God's throne is the center of the visions. In Colossians 1:16, “thrones” also names unseen powers.

• The throne of David Luke 1:32Luke 1:52
• Heaven, God's throne Matthew 5:34Hebrews 8:1
• The Son of Man on the throne of his glory Matthew 25:31Matthew 19:28
• “The throne of grace”; “Your throne, O God” Hebrews 4:16Hebrews 1:8
• The one seated on the throne, in Revelation Revelation 4:2Revelation 22:1

How we translate it

Always “throne” (54 times) or “thrones” (8), also in the figurative sense of power, so that the image can be seen: rulers are brought down “from thrones” (Luke 1:52), and the Twelve will “sit on thrones” to judge (Luke 22:30). Almost half the cases are in Revelation, where the one seated on the throne is God.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• throne ×54
• thrones ×8

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Luke×3
• Acts×2
• Colossians×1
• Hebrews×4
• Revelation×47

• Matthew 5:34

  But I tell you not to swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

• Matthew 19:28

  And Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the renewal, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Matthew 23:22

  and the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by the one who sits on it.

• Matthew 25:31

  But when the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.

• Luke 1:32

  He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

• Luke 1:52

  he has brought down rulers from thrones and exalted the lowly;

• Luke 22:30

  so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Acts 2:30

  So, being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one from the fruit of his loins on his throne,

• Acts 7:49

  ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?

• Colossians 1:16

  because in him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.

• Hebrews 1:8

  But of the Son he says: Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.

• Hebrews 4:16

  Let us draw near, then, with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely help.

• Hebrews 8:1

  Now the main point of what is being said is this: we have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

• Hebrews 12:2

  looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before him endured a cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

• Revelation 1:4

  John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from the one who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven spirits that are before his throne,

• Revelation 2:13

  I know where you live, where the throne of Satan is. And you hold fast my name, and you did not deny my faith even in the days of Antipas, my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan lives.

• Revelation 3:21

  The one who conquers, I will give him the right to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

• Revelation 4:2

  At once I was in the Spirit; and look, a throne stood in heaven, and on the throne one seated.

• Revelation 4:3

  And the one who sat there was like jasper and carnelian in appearance, and there was a rainbow around the throne like an emerald in appearance.

• Revelation 4:4

  And around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones twenty-four elders seated, clothed in white clothes, and on their heads golden crowns.

• Revelation 4:5

  And from the throne come out lightnings and voices and thunders, and seven lamps of fire are burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God;

• Revelation 4:6

  and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. And in the middle of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind.

• Revelation 4:9

  And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives to the ages of the ages,

• Revelation 4:10

  the twenty-four elders will fall down before the one who sits on the throne and will worship the one who lives to the ages of the ages, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

• Revelation 5:1

  And I saw in the right hand of the one who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.

• Revelation 5:6

  And I saw in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though slaughtered, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

• Revelation 5:7

  And he came and took it from the right hand of the one who sat on the throne.

• Revelation 5:11

  And I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands,

• Revelation 5:13

  And every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, I heard saying, “To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing and the honor and the glory and the might to the ages of the ages!”

• Revelation 6:16

  and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb;

• Revelation 7:9

  After these things I looked, and look, a great crowd that no one could count, from every nation and tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands;

• Revelation 7:10

  and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

• Revelation 7:11

  And all the angels were standing around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell before the throne on their faces and worshiped God,

• Revelation 7:15

  For this reason they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his sanctuary; and the one who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.

• Revelation 7:17

  for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and will guide them to springs of waters of life; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

• Revelation 8:3

  And another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he would offer it with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne.

• Revelation 11:16

  And the twenty-four elders who sit before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshiped God,

• Revelation 12:5

  And she gave birth to a son, a male, who is going to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was snatched up to God and to his throne.

• Revelation 13:2

  And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, and its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth like a lion’s mouth. And the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority.

• Revelation 14:3

  And they sing as it were a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the hundred forty four thousand, who had been bought from the earth.

And 22 more times.