<OL TYPE="1"><LI>a throne seat<OL TYPE="a"><LI>a chair of state having a footstool<LI>assigned in the NT to kings, hence, kingly power or royalty<OL TYPE="1"><LI>metaph. to God, the governor of the world<LI>to the Messiah, Christ, the partner and assistant in the divine administration 1b</OL><LI>hence divine power belonging to Christ<OL TYPE="3"><LI>to judges i.e. tribunal or bench<LI>to elders</OL></OL></OL>