Word Study · Strong's G4411 · Greek
πρωτοκλισία
protoklisia
pro-tok-lis-ee'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: prōtoklisía
“a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner-bed, i.e. preeminence at meals”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner-bed, i.e. preeminence at meals
Rendered in the KJV as
chief (highest, uppermost) room.
- 5occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- πρωτοκλισίας3
- πρωτοκλισίαν1
- πρωτοκλισίαν,1
How it is rendered · 3
- first places3
- chief place1
- first place,1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2
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- N-APF · 3
- N-ASF · 2
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Where this word lives
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Luke3 occurrences
- Luke 14:7πρωτοκλισίαςprōtoklisiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluralWhen Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:here: first places
- Luke 14:8πρωτοκλισίαν,prōtoklisiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singular“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.here: first place,
- Luke 20:46πρωτοκλισίαςprōtoklisiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine plural“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.here: first places