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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πρωτοκλισία G4411
Pronunciation prōtoklisía
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 honor 2× Mark 12:39, Luke 20:46
places of honor 2× Matthew 23:6, Luke 14:7
place of honor 1× Luke 14:8
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 23:6 πρωτοκλισίαν to places of honor Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 12:39 πρωτοκλισίας to [the] places of honor Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Luke 14:7 πρωτοκλισίας to places of honor Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural Luke 14:8 πρωτοκλισίαν to place of honor Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Luke 20:46 πρωτοκλισίας to [the] places of honor 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 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 3
Source forms
πρωτοκλισίας 3x prōtoklisias Mark 12:39, Luke 14:7, Luke 20:46
πρωτοκλισίαν 2x prōtoklisian Matthew 23:6, Luke 14:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural 3x Mark 12:39, Luke 14:7, Luke 20:46
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 23:6, Luke 14:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. The foremost reclining place at a meal, signifying social rank and honor among guests.
Strong's G4411
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 14:7–11 Source Gloss
place of honor
Extended definition Source: 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 corpus Greek 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 23:6 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πρωτοκλισίαν prwtoklisian
the chief place at a banquet
Read verse Mark 12:39 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
πρωτοκλισίας prwtoklisiav
the chief place at a banquet
Read verse Luke 14:7 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
πρωτοκλισίας prwtoklisiav
the chief place at a banquet
Read verse Luke 14:8 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πρωτοκλισίαν· prwtoklisian
the chief place at a banquet
Read verse Luke 20:46 Noun Accusative Plural Feminine
πρωτοκλισίας prwtoklisiav
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Accusative (5) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Mark 12:39 · Luke 14:7 · Luke 20:46 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 23:6 · Luke 14:8 2×
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 14:7–14 πρωτοκλισίαν prōtoklisía
Place of honor
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πρωτοκλισία is built from these roots:
+ κλισία G2828
Why This Word Matters
Represents self-seeking status within honor culture. Luke 14:7–11
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