καθέδρ-α, ἡ,
I
1. seat, κ. τοῦ λαγῶ a hare’s seat or form, X. Cyn. 4.4; chair, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 6.25.1, CPR 22.8 (ii A.D.), Hdn. 2.3.7; opp. κλίνη, Plu. 2.714e; of rowers’ seats, Plb. 1.21.2; κ. λοιμῶν, πρεσβυτέρων, LXX Ps. 1.1, 106(107).32.
2. sitting part, posteriors, Hp. Int. 47, Poll. 2.184, PRyl. 63.10 (iii A.D.).
3. base of a column, Str. 17.1.46.
II
1. sitting posture, Arist. Cat. 6b11, PA 689b21, Thphr. Lass. 5, 7, Plu. 2.45c, etc.
2. sitting idle, inaction, ἐν τῇ καθέδρᾳ Th. 2.18; κ. καὶ σχολή Plu. Cam. 28.
3. session, Luc. JTr. 11.
III chair of a teacher, ἐπὶ τῆς Μωυσέως κ. ἐκάθισαν [Mat 23:2]; professorial chair, ἐπὶ τῆς κ. σοφιστής SIG 845 (Eleusis, iii A.D.). imperial throne, τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ κ. τοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος, the Emperor’s representative, BSA 27.234 (Sparta, ii A.D.).
G2515 — καθέδρα
καθέδρας, ἡ (κατά and ἕδρα), a chair, seat: [Mat 21:12]; [Mar 11:15] (Sir. 12:12; Herodian, 2, 3, 17 (7 edition, Bekker)); of the exalted seat occupied by men of eminent rank or influence, as teachers and judges: ἐπί τῆς Μωϋσέως καθέδρας ἐκάθισαν, sit on the seat which Moses formerly occupied, i. e. bear themselves as Moses' successors in explaining and defending his law, [Mat 23:2]. (the Sept. for מושָׁב and שֶׁבֶת. (Xenophon, Aristotle, others.))
καθ - έδρα , - ας , ἡ
( < κατά , + ἔδρα , a seat),
[in LXX for H4186 and cogn . forms;]
a chair, seat: [Mat 21:12], [Mar 11:16]; of teachers, [Mat 23:2]. †