Strong's Greek · G4410

πρωτοκαθεδρία

prōtokathedría

chief (highest, uppermost) seat

Definition

a sitting first (in the front row), i.e. preeminence in council

Derivation

from G4413 (πρῶτος) and G2515 (καθέδρα);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

Mark 12:39

and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.

Luke 20:46

“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.

Luke 11:43

Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

Matthew 23:6

They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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