ἀρχιτρίκλινος
Transliteration
architriklinos (Key)
Pronunciation
ar-khee-tree'-klee-nos
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἀρχή (G746) and a compound of τρεῖς (G5140) and κλίνω (G2827) (a dinner-bed, because composed of three couches)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
3x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
ἀρχιτρίκλινος — 2x
ἀρχιτρικλίνῳ — 1x
ἀρχιτρίκλινος — 2x
ἀρχιτρικλίνῳ — 1x
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀρχιτρίκλινος architríklinos, ar-khee-tree'-klee-nos; from G746 and a compound of G5140 and G2827 (a dinner-bed, because composed of three couches); director of the entertainment:—governor (ruler) of the feast.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G755 in the following manner: governor of the feast (2x), ruler of the feast (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G755 in the following manner: governor of the feast (2x), ruler of the feast (1x).

  1. the superintendent of the dining room, a table master.

    It differs from toast-master, who was one of the guests selected by lot to prescribe to the rest the mode of drinking. The table master was to place in order the tables and the couches, arrange the courses, taste the food and wine beforehand, and so forth.
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀρχιτρίκλινος architríklinos, ar-khee-tree'-klee-nos; from G746 and a compound of G5140 and G2827 (a dinner-bed, because composed of three couches); director of the entertainment:—governor (ruler) of the feast.
STRONGS G755:
ἀρχιτρίκλινος, -ου, ὁ, (τρίκλινον [or -νος (namely, οἶκος), a room with three couches]), the superintendent of a dining-room, a τρικλινάρχης, table-master: John 2:8f [cf. B. D. under the word Governor]. It differs from "the master of a feast," συμποσιάρχης, toast-master, who was one of the guests selected by lot to prescribe to the rest the mode of drinking; cf. Sir. 35:1 (Sir. 32:1). But it was the duty of the ἀρχιτρίκλινος to place in order the tables and couches, arrange the courses, taste the food and wine beforehand, etc. (Heliodorus 7, 27) [Some regard the distinction between the two words as obliterated in later Greek; cf. Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word, and Schaff's Lange's Commentary on John, the passage cited.]
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References

John
John 2:8
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