Prōtoklisia πρωτοκλισία

Prōtoklisia (Greek πρωτοκλισία, Strong's G4411) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “place of honor”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Prōtoklisia, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 23:6
  And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,

Mark

• Mark 12:39
  And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

Luke

• Luke 14:7
  And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
• Luke 14:8
  When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;“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.
• Luke 20:46
  Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;“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.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).