noun · feminine

prōtoklisias

Greekπρωτοκλισία (prōtoklisia)

Strong’sG4411

the chief place at a banquet

stem prōtoklisi-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

places of honor3×place of honor2×

What it means

*† πρωτο-κλισία, -ας, ἡ,

the chief place at table (v. Swete, Mk 12:39): Mt 23:6, Mk 12:39, Lk 14:7, 8 20:46.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4411 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpro-tok-lis-ee'-ah

a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner-bed, i.e. preeminence at meals

Fromfrom G4413 and G2828;

King Jameschief (highest, uppermost) room.

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 case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	prōtoklisias	prōtoklisiais
object accusative	prōtoklisian2×πρωτοκλισίαν	prōtoklisiain3×πρωτοκλισίας
direct address vocative	prōtoklisiar	prōtoklisiair
of, belonging to genitive	prōtoklisiau	prōtoklisiaiu
to, for dative	prōtoklisia	prōtoklisiai

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

prōtoklisistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

prōtoklisia 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

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

prōtoklisian“place of honor”objectaccusative singular2×

Matthew 23:6“place of honor”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,

Luke 14:8“place of honor”Hotan kaliseia hupo tinou eis gamoin, mē katakliniseia eis tan prōtoklisian, mēpote entimoteros su ateiō kalirētos hupo autou“When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.

prōtoklisiain“places of honor”objectaccusative plural3×

Mark 12:39“places of honor”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 14:7“places of honor”Legate de pros toin kalirētoin parabolan, epecharōtos pōs tain prōtoklisiain eklegele, legarōtos pros autoin;When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:

Luke 20:46“places of honor”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.