STRONGS G4411:
πρωτοκλισία,
πρωτοκλισίας,
ἡ (
πρῶτος and
κλισία),
the first reclining-place, the chief place, at table (cf. Rich, Dict. of Rom. and Greek Antiq. under the phrase,
lectus tricliniaris; the relative rank of the several places at table varied among Persians, Greeks, and Romans; and what arrangement was currently followed by the Jews in Christ's day can hardly, perhaps, be determined; (yet see Edersheim. Jesus the Messiah, ii., pp. 207f 494)):
Matthew 23:6;
Mark 12:39;
Luke 11:43 Lachmann in brackets;
Luke 14:7,
8;
20:46. (Ecclesiastical writings).
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