Strong's Lexicon
G4411 — πρωτοκλισία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4411 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πρωτοκλισία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G4413 and G2828 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | protoklisia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pro-tok-lis-ee'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner-bed, i.e. preeminence at meals |
| KJV Renderings: | chief (highest, uppermost) room |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πρωτοκλισία, πρωτοκλισίας, ἡ (πρῶτος and κλισία), the first reclining-place, the chief place, at table (cf. Rich, Dict. of Rom. and Greek Antiq. under the phrase,lectus tricliniaris; the relative rank of the several places at table varied among Persians, Greeks, and Romans; and what arrangement was currently followed by the Jews in Christ’s day can hardly, perhaps, be determined; (yet see Edersheim. Jesus the Messiah, ii., pp. 207f 494)): Mat 23:6; Mar 12:39; Luk 11:43 Lachmann in brackets; . (Ecclesiastical writings).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πρωτοκλισία (chief (highest)
Matthew 23:6
- KJV: And love the uppermost rooms at feasts and the chief seats in the synagogues
- GK: φιλούσί τε την πρωτοκλισίαν εν τοις δείπνοις και τας πρωτοκαθεδρίας εν ταις συναγωγαίς
Mark 12:39
- KJV: And the chief seats in the synagogues and the uppermost rooms at feasts
- GK: και πρωτοκαθεδρίας εν ταις συναγωγαίς και πρωτοκλισίας εν τοις δείπνοις
Luke 14:7
- KJV: And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms saying unto them
- GK: έλεγε δε προς τους κεκλημένους παραβολήν επέχων πως τας πρωτοκλισίας εξελέγοντο λέγων προς αυτούς
Luke 14:8
- KJV: When thou art bidden of any to a wedding sit not down in the highest room lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him
- GK: όταν κληθής υπό τινος εις γάμους μη κατακλιθής εις την πρωτοκλισίαν μήποτε εντιμότερός σου η κεκλημένος υπ΄ αυτού
Luke 20:46
- KJV: Beware of the scribes which desire to walk in long robes and love greetings in the markets and the highest seats in the synagogues and the chief rooms at feasts
- GK: προσέχετε από των γραμματέων των θελόντων περιπατείν εν στολαίς και φιλούντων ασπασμούς εν ταις αγοραίς και πρωτοκαθεδρίας εν ταις συναγωγαίς και πρωτοκλισίας εν τοις δείπνοις