πρωτοκλισία
prōtoklisia · place of honor
Greek word · Strong’s number G4411 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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prōtoklisia (πρωτοκλισία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “place of honor”.
The first place, the place of honor at table.
How to say it
prō·to·kli·si·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The most honored seat at the table.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- places of honor ×3
- place of honor ×2
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 23:6
and they hold dear the place of honor at the dinners and the first seats in the synagogues,
- Mark 12:39
and the first seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at the banquets,
- Luke 14:7
And he was telling a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honor, saying to them,
- Luke 14:8
“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not recline in the place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you has been invited by him,
- Luke 20:46
“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and hold dear greetings in the marketplaces and the first seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets,