What does ἀρχιτρίκλινος (architríklinos) mean in the Bible?
ἀρχιτρίκλινος (architríklinos) is a Greek word meaning "director of the entertainment".
Greek · G755
ἀρχιτρίκλινος
Director of the entertainment
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ἀρχιτρίκλινοςG755
Pronunciationarchitríklinos
What does ἀρχιτρίκλινος (architríklinos) mean in the Bible?
ἀρχιτρίκλινος (architríklinos) is a Greek word meaning "director of the entertainment".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G755?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include master of the banquet (2), [he] (1).
Where does ἀρχιτρίκλινος (architríklinos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 2:8. Its strongest book concentrations include John (3).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itmaster of the banquet2×John 2:8, John 2:9
[he]1×John 2:9
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJohn 2:8
Aligned rows3
Books represented1
John3
Source forms
ἀρχιτρίκλινος2xarchitriklinosJohn 2:9
ἀρχιτρικλίνῳ1xarchitriklinōJohn 2:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular2xJohn 2:9
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular1xJohn 2:8
Evidence Summary
Greek word. director of the entertainment
Strong'sG755
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
director of the entertainment
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(τρί-κλινος or -ον, a room with three couches) the superintendent of a banquet, whose duty it was to arrange the tables and food (DB, ii, 253): Jhn.2:8-9.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 2:8Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ἀρχιτρικλίνῳ.arcitriklinw
master of the feast
Read verseJohn 2:9Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀρχιτρίκλινοςarcitriklinov
master of the feast
Read verseJohn 2:9Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀρχιτρίκλινος,arcitriklinov
master of the feast
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternNominative (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineJohn 2:92×
Dative · Singular · MasculineJohn 2:81×
Word Origins
ἀρχιτρίκλινος is built from these roots: