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kathedra

seat, chair

Say it: kah-THEH-drah (approximate)

καθέδρα

What it means

The root of English "cathedral" (the bishop's chair) and "ex cathedra." A teacher's seat. In synagogues the seat from which the law was read and taught was called Moses' seat, so sitting in it meant carrying a teacher's authority.

Range of meaning

  • ChairA seat.
  • Teacher's seatThe seat of teaching authority.

In Matthew

  • Chapter 23

    "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat" (23:2).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G2515 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources