Quick Definition
the chief place at a banquet
Strong's Definition
a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner-bed, i.e. preeminence at meals
Derivation: from G4413 (πρῶτος) and G2828 (κλισία);
KJV Usage: chief (highest, uppermost) room
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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)): Mat_23:6; Mar_12:39; Luk_11:43 Lachmann in brackets; . (Ecclesiastical writings).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πρωτοκλισία prōtoklisia 5x
the first place of reclining at table, the most honorable place at table, Mat_23:6 ; Mar_12:39 ; Luk_14:7-8 ; Luk_20:46
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† πρωτο -κλυτία , -ας , ἡ ,
the chief place at table ( v. Swete , Mk., l.c .): Mat_23:6 , Mar_12:39 , Luk_14:7-8 ; Luk_20:46 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πρωτοκλισία [page 557]
Like πρωτοκαθεδρία , πρωτοκλισία , the chief place at table, appears to be confined to the Gospels and writers who quote them, but for the title πρωτοκλίναρχος (not in LS 8 ), see Archiv i, p. 413 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πρωτοκλισία πρωτο-κλι^σία, ἡ, [Etym: κλίνω] "the first seat at table", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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