πρωτοκαθεδρία
prōtokathedria
“seat of honor”
Definition
a sitting first (in the front row), i.e. preeminence in council
from G4413 (πρῶτος) and G2515 (καθέδρα);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
πρωτοκαθεδρία appears 4 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Woe to you Pharisees! You love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.
They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.