Strong's Greek Concordance

G4411: πρωτοκλισία

prōtoklisía · “place of honor”

Definition

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

KJV translates it as: chief (highest, uppermost) room

Word origin: from G4413 (πρῶτος) and G2828 (κλισία);

Extended definition

πρωτο-κλυτία, -ας, ἡ
the chief place at table (see Swete, Mk., l.with): Mat.23:6, Mrk.12:39, Luk.14:7-8 20:46.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G4411 is translated

  • first places ×3
  • chief place ×1
  • first place, ×1

Bible verses with G4411 (prōtoklisía)

Prōtoklisía appears in 5 verses.

  • Matthew 23:6

    And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

  • Mark 12:39

    And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

  • Luke 14:7

    And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

  • Luke 14:8

    When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

  • Luke 20:46

    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;