What does πρωτοκλισία (prōtoklisía) mean in the Bible?
πρωτοκλισία (prōtoklisía): The foremost reclining place at a meal, signifying social rank and honor among guests.
Greek · G4411
πρωτοκλισία
Place of honor
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πρωτοκλισίαG4411
Pronunciationprōtoklisía
What does πρωτοκλισία (prōtoklisía) mean in the Bible?
πρωτοκλισία (prōtoklisía): The foremost reclining place at a meal, signifying social rank and honor among guests.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4411?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] places of honor (2), places of honor (2), place of honor (1).
Where does πρωτοκλισία (prōtoklisía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (3), 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[the] places of honor2×Mark 12:39, Luke 20:46
places of honor2×Matthew 23:6, Luke 14:7
place of honor1×Luke 14:8
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Matthew 23:6πρωτοκλισίανtoplaces of honorNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularMark 12:39πρωτοκλισίαςto[the] places of honorNoun - Accusative Feminine PluralLuke 14:7πρωτοκλισίαςtoplaces of honorNoun - Accusative Feminine PluralLuke 14:8πρωτοκλισίανtoplace of honorNoun - Accusative Feminine SingularLuke 20:46πρωτοκλισίαςto[the] places of honorNoun - Accusative Feminine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 23:6
Aligned rows5
Books represented3
Matthew1Mark1Luke3
Source forms
πρωτοκλισίας3xprōtoklisiasMark 12:39, Luke 14:7, Luke 20:46
πρωτοκλισίαν2xprōtoklisianMatthew 23:6, Luke 14:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural3xMark 12:39, Luke 14:7, Luke 20:46
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular2xMatthew 23:6, Luke 14:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. The foremost reclining place at a meal, signifying social rank and honor among guests.
Strong'sG4411
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms2 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkLuke 14:7–11Source Gloss
place of honor
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
The foremost reclining place at a meal, signifying social rank and honor among guests.
the chief place at table (see Swete, Mk., l.with): Mat.23:6, Mrk.12:39, Luk.14:7-8 20:46.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:6Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πρωτοκλισίανprwtoklisian
the chief place at a banquet
Read verseMark 12:39Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
πρωτοκλισίαςprwtoklisiav
the chief place at a banquet
Read verseLuke 14:7Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
πρωτοκλισίαςprwtoklisiav
the chief place at a banquet
Read verseLuke 14:8Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πρωτοκλισίαν·prwtoklisian
the chief place at a banquet
Read verseLuke 20:46Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
πρωτοκλισίαςprwtoklisiav
the chief place at a banquet
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 patterns2Aligned forms5Case patternAccusative (5)Number patternPlural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · FeminineMark 12:39 · Luke 14:7 · Luke 20:463×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineMatt 23:6 · Luke 14:82×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
places of honor
Additional Occurrences
Luke 14:7–14πρωτοκλισίανprōtoklisía
Place of honor
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πρωτοκλισία is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Represents self-seeking status within honor culture.Luke 14:7–11