- Original: πρωτοκλισία - 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 and G2828 - TDNT entry: 20:31,0 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G4413 and G2828 ; a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner bed that is preeminence at meals: - chief (highest uppermost) room. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • rooms, 1 Luke 14:7