Word Origin
from prótos and klisia
Definition
the chief place (at the table)
NASB Translation
place of honor (2), places of honor (3).

STRONGS NT 4411: πρωτοκλισία

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)): Matthew 23:6; Mark 12:39; Luke 11:43 Lachmann in brackets; . (Ecclesiastical writings).

Forms and Transliterations

πρωτοκλισιαν πρωτοκλισίαν πρωτοκλισιας πρωτοκλισίας πρωτολογία protoklisian protoklisían prōtoklisian prōtoklisían protoklisias protoklisías prōtoklisias prōtoklisías

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