Definition

a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner-bed, i.e. preeminence at meals

Etymology

from G4413 (πρῶτος) and G2828 (κλισία);

Word family

• πρῶτος prōtos
• κλισία klisía

How the KJV renders it

• chief (highest
• uppermost) room

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.