noun · feminine
prōtokathedrias
Greekπρωτοκαθεδρία (prōtokathedria)
Strong’sG4410
a chief seat
stem prōtokathedri-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† πρωτοκαθεδρία, -ας, ἡ
(< πρῶιος, καθέδρα),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4410 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | prōtokathedrias | prōtokathedriais |
| object accusative | prōtokathedrian1×πρωτοκαθεδρίαν | prōtokathedriain3×πρωτοκαθεδρίας |
| direct address vocative | prōtokathedriar | prōtokathedriair |
| of, belonging to genitive | prōtokathedriau | prōtokathedriaiu |
| to, for dative | prōtokathedria | prōtokathedriai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
prōtokathedria is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
prōtokathedrian“best seat”objectaccusative singular1×
Luke 11:43“best seat”ouai vi toi Farisaioi, hoti agapavō tan prōtokathedrian en tai sunagōgai kai toin aspasmoin en tai agorai.Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.
prōtokathedriain“best seats”objectaccusative plural3×
Matthew 23:6“best seats”filalō de tan prōtoklisian en tei deipnei kai tain prōtokathedriain en tai sunagōgaiThey love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,
Mark 12:39“best seats”kai prōtokathedriain en tai sunagōgai kai prōtoklisiain en tei deipnei,and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
Luke 20:46“best seats”Prosechavōr apo toiu grammatevoiu toiu thelarōtoiu peripatarō en stolai kai filarōtoiu aspasmoin en tai agorai kai prōtokathedriain en tai sunagōgai kai prōtoklisiain en tei deipnei,“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.