Strong’s G4411 · Greek
πρωτοκλισία
prōtoklisía · pro-tok-lis-ee'-ah
Origin from πρῶτος (G4413) and κλισία (G2828);
Meaning a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner-bed, i.e. preeminence at meals
In the King James Version chief (highest, uppermost) room.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 23:6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
- Mark 12:39And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
- Luke 14:7And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
- Luke 14:8When 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 20:46Beware 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;
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.