noun · masculine
architriklinos
Greekἀρχιτρίκλινος (architriklinos)
Strong’sG755
master of the feast
stem architriklin-3 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
*† ἀρχι-τρίκλινος, -ου, ὁ
(< τρί-κλινος or -ον, a room with three couches)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G755 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidar-khee-tree'-klee-nos
director of the entertainment
Fromfrom G746 and a compound of G5140 and G2827 (a dinner-bed, because composed of three couches);
King Jamesgovernor (ruler) of the feast.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | architriklinos2×ἀρχιτρίκλινος | architriklinois |
| object accusative | architriklinon | architriklinoin |
| direct address vocative | architriklinor | architriklinoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | architriklinou | architriklinoiu |
| to, for dative | architriklino1×ἀρχιτρικλίνῳ | architriklinoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
architriklino is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
architriklinos“headwaiter”subjectnominative singular2×
John 2:9“headwaiter”hōs de geueta tos architriklinos tem hudōrem oinon ginirētem, kai ouk oidatelē pothen atō, tois de diakonois oidalelē tois antlarētois tem hudōrem, fōnatō ton numfion tos architriklinosand the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
John 2:9“master of the feast”hōs de geueta tos architriklinos tem hudōrem oinon ginirētem, kai ouk oidatelē pothen atō, tois de diakonois oidalelē tois antlarētois tem hudōrem, fōnatō ton numfion tos architriklinosand the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside
architriklino“headwaiter”to, fordative singular1×
John 2:8“headwaiter”kai legatō autoi; Antlavar nun kai feravōr to architriklino; tois de ferala.“Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,