- Transliteration: Protoklisia

- Phonetic: pro-tok-lis-ee'-ah

- Definition:

1. the first reclining place, the chief place at table

2. the relative rank of the several places at table varied among the Persians, Greeks, and Romans; and what arrangements the Jews had in the time of Christ can not be accurately determined

- Origin: from G4413" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4413 and G2828" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2828

- TDNT entry: 20:31,0

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From G4413" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4413 and G2828" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2828; a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner bed that is preeminence at meals: - chief (highest uppermost) room.