What does πρωτοκαθεδρία (prōtokathedría) mean in the Bible?
πρωτοκαθεδρία (prōtokathedría): Chief seat in synagogue or banquet; symbol of social prominence and spiritual authority status
Greek · G4410
πρωτοκαθεδρία
Seat of honor
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πρωτοκαθεδρία G4410
Pronunciation prōtokathedría
What does πρωτοκαθεδρία (prōtokathedría) mean in the Bible?
πρωτοκαθεδρία (prōtokathedría): Chief seat in synagogue or banquet; symbol of social prominence and spiritual authority status
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4410?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include chief seats (2), [the] chief seats (1), the chief seats (1).
Where does πρωτοκαθεδρία (prōtokathedría) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It chief seats 2× Matthew 23:6, Luke 11:43
[the] chief seats 1× Luke 20:46
the chief seats 1× Mark 12:39
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 23:6 πρωτοκαθεδρίας to chief seats Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Mark 12:39 πρωτοκαθεδρίας to the chief seats Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Luke 11:43 πρωτοκαθεδρίαν to chief seats Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 20:46 πρωτοκαθεδρίας to [the] chief seats Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 23:6
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 2
Source forms
πρωτοκαθεδρίας 3x prōtokathedrias Matthew 23:6, Mark 12:39, Luke 20:46
πρωτοκαθεδρίαν 1x prōtokathedrian Luke 11:43
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 3x Matthew 23:6, Mark 12:39, Luke 20:46
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 11:43
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Chief seat in synagogue or banquet; symbol of social prominence and spiritual authority status
Strong's G4410
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 23:6 Source Gloss
seat of honor
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:6 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
πρωτοκαθεδρίας prwtokaqedriav
a chief seat
Read verse Mark 12:39 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
πρωτοκαθεδρίας prwtokaqedriav
a chief seat
Read verse Luke 11:43 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πρωτοκαθεδρίαν prwtokaqedrian
a chief seat
Read verse Luke 20:46 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
πρωτοκαθεδρίας prwtokaqedriav
a chief seat
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 23:6 · Mark 12:39 · Luke 20:46 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 11:43 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Places of honor in synagogues that scribes and Pharisees love
Prominent positions in synagogues desired by scribes for status
Honored positions in synagogues that Pharisees love for prestige
Places of highest honor in synagogues that scribes covet
Word Origins
πρωτοκαθεδρία is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain