G4411

πρωτοκλισία

prōtoklisia

Feminine noun · From πρῶτος (G4413) and κλισία (G2828)

From G4413 and G2828; a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner-bed, i.e. preeminence at meals:—chief (highest, uppermost) room.

Outline

the first reclining place, the chief place at table
the relative rank of the several places at table varied among the Persians, Greeks, and Romans; and what arrangements the Jews had in the time of Christ can not be accurately determined

Usages

Matthew 23:6

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

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Mark 12:39

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

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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,

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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;

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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;

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