Lexicon architriklinos: the superintendent of a banquet Original Word: ἀρχιτρίκλινος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: architriklinos Phonetic Spelling: (ar-khee-tree'-klee-nos) Short Definition: master of the feast Definition: master of ceremonies at a dinner, master of the feast. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom archó and triklinos (a dining room with three couches) Definitionthe superintendent of a banquet NASB Translationheadwaiter (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 755: ἀρχιτρίκλινοςἀρχιτρίκλινος, ἀρχιτρικλινου, ὁ ( τρικλινον (or τρίκλινος (namely, οἶκος), a room with three couches)), the superintendent of a dining-room, a τρικλιναρχης, table-master: John 2:8f (cf. B. D. under the word ). It differs from the master of a feast, συμποσιαρχης, 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.)
Strong's governor of the feast. From arche and a compound of treis and klino (a dinner-bed, because composed of three couches); director of the entertainment -- governor (ruler) of the feast. see GREEK arche see GREEK treis see GREEK klino |
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