כִּסֵּא
throne
also: seat, stool fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
27 verses where H3678 appears in the Construct state in the Book of 1 Kings. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 1:13 כִּסְאִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Go and get you in to king David, and tell him, Didn't you, my lord, king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign?
- 1 Kings 1:17 כִּסְאִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs She said to him, My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your handmaid, [saying], Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.
- 1 Kings 1:20 כִּסֵּ֥א n c ms cs You, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
- 1 Kings 1:24 כִּסְאִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Nathan said, My lord, king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne?
- 1 Kings 1:27 כִּסֵּ֥א n c ms cs Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you haven't shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
- 1 Kings 1:30 כִּסְאִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs most assuredly as I swore to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place; most assuredly so will I do this day.
- 1 Kings 1:35 כִּסְאִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my place; and I have appointed him to be prince over Israel and over Judah.
- 1 Kings 1:37 כִּסְא֔/וֹ מִ֨/כִּסֵּ֔א n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c ms cs As Yahweh has been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
- 1 Kings 1:46 כִּסֵּ֥א n c ms cs Also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.
- 1 Kings 1:47 כִּסְא֖/וֹ מִ/כִּסְאֶ֑/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, Your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne: and the king bowed himself on the bed.
- 1 Kings 1:48 כִּסְאִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Also thus said the king, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day, my eyes even seeing it.
- 1 Kings 2:4 כִּסֵּ֥א n c ms cs That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
- 1 Kings 2:12 כִּסֵּ֖א n c ms cs Solomon sat on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
- 1 Kings 2:19 כִּסְא֔/וֹ כִּסֵּא֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
- 1 Kings 2:24 כִּסֵּא֙ n c ms cs Now therefore as Yahweh lives, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
- 1 Kings 2:33 וּ/לְ/כִסְא֜/וֹ conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever: but to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 2:45 וְ/כִסֵּ֣א conj + n c ms cs But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before Yahweh forever.
- 1 Kings 3:6 כִּסְא֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Solomon said, You have shown to your servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great loving kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
- 1 Kings 5:5 כִּסְאֶ֔/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your room, he shall build the house for my name.
- 1 Kings 8:20 כִּסֵּ֣א n c ms cs Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 1 Kings 8:25 כִּסֵּ֣א n c ms cs Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.
- 1 Kings 9:5 כִּסֵּ֧א כִּסֵּ֥א n c ms cs n c ms cs then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, according as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel.
- 1 Kings 10:9 כִּסֵּ֣א n c ms cs Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness.
- 1 Kings 10:18 כִּסֵּא n c ms cs Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold.
- 1 Kings 16:11 כִּסְא֗/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms It happened, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he struck all the house of Baasha: he didn't leave him a single man-child, neither of his relatives, nor of his friends.
- 1 Kings 22:10 כִּסְא֜/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, in an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
- 1 Kings 22:19 כִּסְא֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear you the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew noun כסא centers on the idea of “throne.” Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 41:40. It turns up in 124 verses across 22 books, a common footprint. Alongside “throne” the lexicon also lists “seat” and “stool” — part of its full sense range. It shares a root with כסה, כסא and כסוי. Dig into 124-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
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About this word
Strong's H3678 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 124
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 124 distinct verses.
- 22 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 22 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #329
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 329 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 124 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 124 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 76 verses · 61%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 44 verses · 35%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 4 verses · 3%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Throne 111×, Seat 5×, Thrones 4×
- American Standard Version: Throne 97×, He shall sit upon my throne 4×, Seat 4×
- Berean Standard Bible: Throne 105×, Thrones 10×, Chair 4×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Throne 68×, Throne of 38×, Seat 5×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3678 across 135 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 13 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3678 across 135 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3678 across 133 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3678 across 130 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
5 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 5 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1.
- a. of king = throne Gn 41:40 (E), Ex 11:5; 12:29 (both J) 1 K 2:19 Is 47:1 Ez 26:16; of queen-mother 1 K 2:19b; כ׳ מַלְכוּתוֹ Est 5:1 his royal throne; of future (Messianic) prince Zc 6:13a (in v b read על־ימינו 𝔊 StaZAW 1881, 10); of dead kings in Sheʾôl Is 14:9; נָתַן כ׳, in, or against a place, said of king himself, (only Je) is a sign of conquest (Je 1:15); so שִׂים כ׳ 43:10, and (of י׳) 49:38; in Ju 3:20, though of king, not seat of office; 12 times elsewhere, lit. e.g. Genesis 41:40
- b. throne of י׳ (אלהים) as heavenly king, Is 6:1 Ez 1:26(×2); 10:1 1 K 22:19 = 2 Ch 18:18; Jb 26:9 ψ 11:4 Is 66:1 heaven is my throne; as seat of judgment ψ 9:5, 8; in oath יָד עַל־כֵּס יָהּ Ex 17:16 (cf. Di; > Cler JDMich Ges Buhl SS נֵס banner; 𝔊 κρυφαία √ כסה, favours כס); Jerusalem called throne of י׳ Je 3:17, so the sanctuary 17:12 (כ׳ כָּבוֹד מָרוֹם), Ez 43:7. e.g. Isaiah 6:1
- 2. of high priest 1 S 1:9; 4:13, 18; of honoured guest 2 K 4:10; of governor Ne 3:7; of (unjust) judge כ׳ הַוּוֹת ψ 94:20; = conspicuous seat (lit.) Pr 9:14; = seat of distinction, explicitly כ׳ כָּבוֹד Is 22:23; כ׳ alone 2 K 25:28(×2) = Je 52:32(×2) Est 3:1. e.g. 1 Samuel 1:9
- 3.
- a. fig. = royal dignity, authority, power, הַמֶּלֶךְ וְכִסְאוֹ נָקִי 2 S 14:9; לְדָוִד וּלְזַרְעוֹ וּלְבֵיתוֹ וּלְכ׳ 1 K 2:33; especially kingdom, c. vbs. of setting up, establishing, י׳ subj., הֵקִים כ׳ דָוִד 2 S 3:10, וּבָנִיתִי בִסְאֲךָ ψ 89:5, so c. שִׂים v 30; king subj., סָעַד בַּחֶסֶד כִּסְאוֹ Pr 20:28; pass. כ׳ דָוִד יִהְיֶה נכון 1 K 2:45 the throne of David shall be established, cf. 2 S 7:16 = 1 Ch 17:14; וְתוּכַן בַּחֶסֶד כ׳ Is 16:5 (of Mess. reign); so (in gen.) בִּצְדָקָה יִכּוֹן כ׳ Pr 16:12, cf. 25:5; 29:14; intrans. (c. הָיָה ψ 89:37; more fully, י׳ subj., וְכֹנַנְתִּי אֶת־כ׳ מַמְלַכְתּוֹ 2 S 7:13 (כֹּנֵן כסאו in ‖ 1 Ch 17:12), וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־כ׳ מַמְלַכְתְּךָ עַל ־יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 K 9:5, cf. ‖ 2 Ch 7:18 and וַהֲכִינוֹתִי כ׳ מַלְכוּתוֹ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 Ch 22:10; also מגּר כ׳ ψ 89:45 cast down throne, of Gentile nations וְהָפַכְתִּי כ׳ מַמְלָכוֹת Hg 2:22; יָשַׁב על־כ׳ sit on the throne of any one (especially David) = be his successor 1 K 1:13, 17, 20, 24, 27, 30, 35, 48; 2:12; 3:6 2 K 13:13, especially Je 13:13; 17:25; 22:2 + 5 times Je; יֵֽשְׁבוּ לְכ׳ לָ֑ךְ ψ 132:12; more fully 1 Ch 29:23; †caus. הוֹשִׁיב על־כ׳ 1 K 2:24; 5:19 2 K 10:3; חֹשִׁיב לַכּ׳ fig. Jb 36:7, of placing in honour; מִפְּרִי בִטְנְךָ אָשִׁית לְכ׳ לָ֑ךְ ψ 132:11; †ישׁב על־כ׳ also = take one’s seat as king, become actual king, possess royalty 1 K 16:11, often sit on the throne of Isr. 1 K 8:20, 25 = 2 Ch 6:10, 16, 1 K 10:9 2 K 10:30; 15:12, Je 33:17; without ישׁב 1 K 2:4; 9:5, cf. also Is 9:6 (Mess.); ישׁב על־כסא מַמְלַכְתּוֹ Dt 17:18, על־כסא הַמְּלוּכָה 1 K 1:46, and even לָשֶׁבֶת עַל־כִּסֵּא מַלְכוּת י׳ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 Ch 28:5; also ישׁב עַל־כ׳ הַמְּלָכִים 2 K 11:19, ‖ כ׳ הַמַּמְלָכָה 2 Ch 23:20; of (royal) throne as judgment seat Pr 20:8, cf. also ψ 122:5; set one upon the throne of Isr. נתן פ׳ על־כ׳ ישׂ׳ 1 K 10:9 cf. ‖ 2 Ch 9:8; in compar. sentence יְגַדֵּל אֶת־כִּסְאוֹ מִכּ׳, i.e. make him a more powerful king than, 1 K 1:37, cf. v 47; of king of Babylon, מִמַּעַל לְכוֹכְבֵי־אֵל אָרִים כִּסְאִי Is 14:13. In ψ 45:7 כִּסְאֲךָ אלהים וגו׳ the text is prob. corrupt: AE Hi Ew Bae read thy throne is (a throne) of God; Bi Che insert נכונה יסודתו הקימו thy throne [its foundation is firmly fixed], God [has established it]; v. further Dr§ 194, Obs.. e.g. 2 Samuel 14:9
- b. throne of י׳ (אלהים) = his royal dignity, sovereignty, La 5:19 ψ 93:2; 103:19 (הֵכִין כ׳; ‖ מַלְכוּת); כ׳ כְבוֹדֶ֑ךָ Je 14:21; יָשַׁב עַל־כ׳ קָדְשׁוֹ ψ 47:9; צֶדֶק וּמִשְׁפָּט מְכוֹן כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ ψ 89:15 cf. 97:2. e.g. Lamentations 5:19
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. 2 S 7:16 seat of honour, throne (NH id.; Ph. (pl.) כרסים; Aramaic כּוּרְסְיָא, ܟܽܘܪܣܝܳܐ; Biblical Aramaic כָּרְסֵא, Zinj. כרסא DHMSendsch. 58. 44; Arabic كُرْسِىٌّ; but Assyrian kussu; perhaps Akkad. loan-word; ideogr. iṣ GU. ZA, cf. DlHWB 343);—abs. כִּסֵּא Gn 41:40 +; כִּסֵּה 1 K 10:19(×2) Jb 26:9, הַכִּסֶּא Ez 1:26; cstr. כִּסֵּא 2 S 3:10 +, כֵּס Ex 17:16 (si vera l.; v. infr.); sf. כִּסְאִי 1 K 1:13 +, כִּסְאֲךָ 2 S 7:16 +, כִּסְאֶ֑ךָ 1 K 5:19 +, כִּסְאוֹ Ex 11:5 +; pl. כִּסְאוֹת ψ 122:5(×2); sf. כִּסְאוֹתָם Ez 26:16 Is 14:9;—seat of honour, usually
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from כסה (kâçâh) (H3680) — to cover.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
כְּסָא I
- to cover, v. כְּסֵי II.
כְּסָא II
- to reprehend, v. כְּסַס a. כְּסַן.
כַּסָּא I
- , cup, calyx. Targ. Gen. XL, 11; a. fr.—Targ. I Kings VII, 26; a. fr.—Targ. II Sam. XII, 3 כָּסֵיה ed. Lag. (oth. כּוֹסֵיה).—Ber. 28ᵃ, v. יְקָרָא. Ib. 51ᵇ, v. בִּרְכְתָא. Y. Ḥag. II, 78ᵃ bot., v. בִּשְׂרוּתָה. Ib. כ׳ דקיסא וכ׳ out of a cup of sharp-edged glass drink quickly (ere it cut your lip); [Y. Bets. II, 61ᶜ top סמא; Y. Maas. Sh. V, 56ᶜ top סבא, Meïri to Bets. 20ᵇ ססא]; a. fr.—Pl. כַּסִּין, כַּסַּיָּיא, כַּסֵּי, כָּס׳. Targ. Jer. XXXV, 5.—Y. Nidd. II, end, 50ᵇ כ׳ טיברייאי (not … אה) Tiberian glass cups (transparent). Pes. 110ᵃ; a. fr.—(בּית) בּי כַּסַּיָּא = h. בית הכוסות, v. כּוֹס. Lev. R. s. 3; [Koh. R. to VII, 19 (of the human body) בית כסא, by mistake borrowed from Lev. R. l. c.; v. Yalk. Koh. 976].
כַּסָּא II
- (כְּסַס)
- 1. fodder, v. כִּיסְתָא II.
- 2. hash. כ׳ דהרסנא, v. הַרְסָנָא.—Pl. כַּסֵּי. Ab. Zar. 38ᵃ ed.
כִּסֵּא
- bolsters, chair, throne. Tosef. Bets. III, 11. Ib. 17 אין יוצאין בכִּסֵּה ed. Zuck. (Var. בכסא) you must not be carried out on a sedan chair (on Holy Days); Bets. 25ᵇ. Ib. כ׳ מה אתון ביה what is your opinion about carrying a person on a chair &c.?—Kel. XXII, 3 הכ׳ שלפני קתידרא the bolster in front of the cathedra (a kind of footstool). Ib. 4, v. חִפּוּי; a. fr.—כ׳ הכבוד the throne of Divine Majesty. Ḥag. 13ᵃ; a. fr.—כ׳ הדין the throne of Divine judgment; כ׳ רחמים mercy-seat. Lev. R. s. 29 אני עומד מכ׳ הדין וכ׳ I rise from the throne of judgment and seat myself on the throne of mercy; a. fr.—Euphem. בית הכ׳ privy. Tam. I, 1 בית הכ׳ של כבוד a chaste privy. Ber. 25ᵃ; a. fr.—Pl. כִּסָּאוֹת, כִּסָּיוֹת, כִּי׳; with suff. כִּסְאֵי־. Ex. R. s. 31; a. fr.—Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. X, 6 הכיסיות שבבימה (not הכו׳) the (stationary) seats in public courts. Pesik. R. s. 23-24 עמדו מכִּסְאֵיהֶם arose from their thrones.—[Zab. IV, 4 כסאות, v. כֶּסֶת.]
כֶּסֶא
- (כָּסָה I) mark, distinction; marked, appointed time. Lev. R. s. 29; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 153ᵃ (ref. to Ps. LXXXI, 4) וכי כל החדשים אינן חדש אלא בכ׳ ‘on the New Moon’, are all other new moons no New Moons (festive days)?; but (therefore is added) bakkesé, on the distinguished (month), v. כָּסָה I. [Pirké d’R. El. ch. VII, end, a. Bets. 16ᵃ our w. is taken in the sense of cover.] e.g. Psalms 81:4
כְּסֵי
- , v. כְּסַן
כְּסֵי ²
- , Part. pass. כְּסִי, f. כַּסְיָא hidden. Targ. I Sam. III, 1 כְּסִי Bxt. (ed. כַּסִּי, כַּסֵּי; h. text יקר). Targ. II Kings VI, 8 (h. text פלני). Targ. Job XXVIII, 21. Targ. II Kings VI, 9 כָּסָן (h. text נְחִתִּים).
- to cover, hide, conceal. Targ. O. Gen. XXXVIII, 15 (Y. כעיסת). Ib. XLVII, 18; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְכַסָּא unknown, remote. Targ. II Kings XIX, 2. Targ. O. Lev. IV, 13. Targ. II Sam. XIII, 2 (h. text ויפלא); a. e.—Sabb. 156ᵇ כַּסִּי רישיך וכ׳ keep thy head covered in order that the fear of the Lord may rest upon thee. Ib. 125ᵃ לכַסּוּיֵי בהו וכ׳ to cover a nuisance with it. Gen. R. s. 52, [read as:] Yalk. ib. 91 וכסי עיניך מינאי and close thine eye from upon me, i.e. take the indulgence money. Taan. 25ᵃ רקיע … כסי פניך ולא אִיכַּסִי ‘cover thy face, O sky,’ but the sky was not covered. Ḥull. 87ᵃ אפשר … ומְכַסֵּי בחדא he may kill with one hand and cover (the blood) with the other; a. fr.
- to be covered, hidden; to cover one’s self; to conceal one’s self, withdraw. Targ. Y. Gen. XX, 16. Targ. Y. Lev. IV, 13. Targ. Gen. XVIII, 14 (h. text יפלא, v. supra); a. fr.—Targ. Ps. CXXXIX, 6 מִכַּסְיָא.—Taan. l. c., v. supra. Ib. 23ᵃ א׳ מעינא ונים וכ׳ he disappeared and slept seventy years. Keth. 63ᵃ שאילי … ואִיכַּסָּאִי borrow some garments and dress thyself; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 65 distinct written forms H3678 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 5 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3678, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- כסא keçeʼ H3677 full moon
- כסוי kâçûwy H3681 covering
- כסות kᵉçûwth H3682 covering
- כסת keçeth H3704 band
- מכסה mikçeh H4372 covering
- מכסה mᵉkaççeh H4374 covering
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 10 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 111 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 124 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 41:40
- Exodus 11:5
- Deuteronomy 17:18
- Judges 3:20
- 1 Samuel 1:9
- 2 Samuel 3:10
- 1 Kings 1:13
- 2 Kings 4:10
- 1 Chronicles 17:12
- 2 Chronicles 6:10
- Esther 1:2
- Job 26:9
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
