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Kise (כיסא) means chair in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

כִּסֵּא
kise
noun · masculine
In English

chair

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with כ

The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Kise.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    רהיט נפוץ בעל ארבע רגליים המשמש לישיבת אדם יחיד. קיימים מספר סוגים שונים של כסאות, בהתאם לייעודם.
    וַתָּקָם חַנָּה אַחֲרֵי אָכְלָה בְשִׁלֹה וְאַחֲרֵי שָׁתֹה וְעֵלִי הַכֹּהֵן ישֵׁב עַל-הַכִּסֵּא עַל-מְזוּזַת הֵיכַל יהוה
  2. 2
    לשון המקרא, בהשאלהשלטון, משרה.
    וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת כִּסֵּא מַמְלַכְתְּךָ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל לְעֹלָם כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתִּי עַל דָּוִד אָבִיךָ לֵאמֹר: לֹא יִכָּרֵת לְךָ אִישׁ מֵעַל כִּסֵּא יִשְׂרָאֵל.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Kise is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
כִּסֵּא
Written without vowel points
כיסא
Said
kise
Root
כ־ס־א
Pattern
קִטֵּל
Plural
כִּסְּאוֹת
Inflections
ר' כִּסְּאוֹת; כֵּס־ או כִּסֵּא־
Gematria
91

This is how Kise is said in other languages.

English
chair
Arabic
كرسي
Russian
стул
French
chaise, siège
Spanish
silla, asiento
German
Stuhl
Yiddish
שטול, בענקל

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What does Kise (⁨כיסא⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Kise (⁨כיסא⁩) means chair. It is said kise, with the stress on se.

What is a synonym for Kise (⁨כיסא⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Kise (⁨כיסא⁩) are ⁨כס⁩, ⁨מושב⁩, ⁨קתדרה⁩, and ⁨כורסה⁩.

What rhymes with Kise (⁨כיסא⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Kise (⁨כיסא⁩) include ⁨מעשה⁩, ⁨נושא⁩, ⁨מכסה⁩, ⁨נשא⁩, ⁨מעושה⁩, and ⁨שה⁩.

Is Kise (⁨כיסא⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Kise (⁨כיסא⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨כִּסְּאוֹת⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry כסא of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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