Word Summary
prōtokathedria: the chief seat
Original Word: πρωτοκαθεδρίαTransliteration: prōtokathedria
Phonetic Spelling: (pro-tok-ath-ed-ree'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: the chief seat
Meaning: the chief seat
Strong's Concordance
chief seat
From protos and kathedra; a sitting first (in the front row), i.e. Preeminence in council -- chief (highest, uppermost) seat.
see GREEK protos
see GREEK kathedra
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4410: πρωτοκαθεδρίαπρωτοκαθεδρία,
πρωτοκαθεδρίας,
ἡ (
πρῶτος and
καθέδρα which see),
a sitting in the first seat, the first or chief seat:
Matthew 23:6;
Mark 12:39;
Luke 11:43;
Luke 20:46. (Ecclesiastical writings.)