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GreekG4411Noun (Feminine)

πρωτοκλισία

prōtoklisia

5Occurrences
G4411Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner-bed, i.e. preeminence at meals

from G4413 (πρῶτος) and G2828 (κλισία);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
the chief place at table (see Swete, Mk., l.with).

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

πρωτοκλισία appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
3
Matthew
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

Luke 14:7BSB

When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:

Luke 14:8BSB

“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.

Luke 20:46BSB

“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.

Matthew 23:6BSB

They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,

Mark 12:39BSB

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.