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Luke 14:7 - And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

Verse	Strongs No.	Greek	Strongs Definition
And	G1161	δέ	[Conjunction] but and etc.
he put forth	G3004	λέγω	[Verb] properly to lay forth that is (figuratively) relate (in words [usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely and G2980 means an extended or random harangue]); by implication to mean
a parable	G3850	παραβολή	[Noun Feminine] a similitude (parable) that is (symbolically) fictitious narrative (of common life conveying a moral) apoth gm or adage
to	G4314	πρός	[Preposition] a preposition of direction; forward to that is toward (with the genitive case the side of that is pertaining to; with the dative case by the side of that is near to; usually with the accusative case the place time occasion or respect which is the destination of the relation that is whither or for which it is predicated)
those which were bidden	G2564	καλέω	[Verb] to call (properly aloud but used in a variety of applications directly or otherwise)
when he marked	G1907	ἐπέχω	[Verb] to hold upon that is (by implication) to retain; (by extension) to detain; (with implication of G3563) to pay attention to
how	G4459	πῶς	an interrogitive particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect how?); also as exclamation how much!
they chose out	G1586	ἐκλέγομαι	[Verb] to select
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
chief rooms	G4411	πρωτοκλισία	[Noun Feminine] a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner bed that is preeminence at meals
saying	G3004	λέγω	[Verb] properly to lay forth that is (figuratively) relate (in words [usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely and G2980 means an extended or random harangue]); by implication to mean
unto	G4314	πρός	[Preposition] a preposition of direction; forward to that is toward (with the genitive case the side of that is pertaining to; with the dative case by the side of that is near to; usually with the accusative case the place time occasion or respect which is the destination of the relation that is whither or for which it is predicated)
them	G846	αὐτός	backward); the reflexive pronoun self used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.