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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

best seatsbest seat

What it means

*† πρωτοκαθεδρία, -ας, ἡ

(< πρῶιος, καθέδρα),

the chief seat: Mt 23:6, Mk 12:39 (v. Swete, in l.), Lk 11:43 20:46.†

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

Saidpro-tok-ath-ed-ree'-ah

a sitting first (in the front row), i.e. preeminence in council

Fromfrom G4413 and G2515;

King Jameschief (highest, uppermost) seat.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence caseone singularmore than one plural
subject nominativeprōtokathedriasprōtokathedriais
object accusativeprōtokathedrianπρωτοκαθεδρίανprōtokathedriainπρωτοκαθεδρίας
direct address vocativeprōtokathedriarprōtokathedriair
of, belonging to genitiveprōtokathedriauprōtokathedriaiu
to, for dativeprōtokathedriaprōtokathedriai

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
prōtokathedristem+agender+snruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

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 singular

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 plural

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.