Bible Dictionary
CORONATION
Coronation is the enthronement or installation of a king. The term appears in the account of Apollonius being sent to Egypt for the enthronement of Ptolemy Philometor.
Definition
Coronation is the enthronement or installation of a king. The term in the cited passage may also be understood as “enthronement,” while the underlying Greek word is rare and its precise meaning is uncertain.
Biblical Usage
The word occurs in the account of Apollonius being sent to Egypt for the enthronement of Ptolemy Philometor as king.
Historical Background
The Greek reading differs between forms meaning “coronation” and “the first call,” so the exact lexical sense is uncertain.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>kor-o-na'-shun (protoklisia): Occurs in 2 Macc 4:21 (the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "enthronement") where Apollonius was sent into Egypt for the coronation of Ptolemy Philometor as king. The Greek word protoklisia occurs nowhere else, and its meaning is uncertain. The reading in Swete is protoklesia, and this means "the first call."</p>