Quick Definition
ἀρχιτέκτων, ονος, ὁ n.m. master-builder
Strong's Definition
from 746 and 5045; a chief constructor, i.e. "architect"
KJV Usage: masterbuilder
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ονος | ἄρχω + τέκτων
45.10 · Building, Constructing
expert builder, master builder one who is a master or expert builder
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀρχιτέκτων, -ovos, ὁ, (τέκτων, q. V-), α master-builder, architect, the superintendent in the erection of buildings: 1 Co. iii. 10. (Hdt., Xen., Plat. and subseq. writ.; Is. 111. 3; Sir. xxxviii. 27; 2 Macc. ii. 29.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀρχιτέκτων architektōn 1x
architect, head or master-builder, 1 Cor. 3:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀρχι-τέκτων, -ονος, ὁ
(< τέκτων), [in LXX: Is 3:3 (חָרָשׁ) Si 38:27, II Mac 2:29*;]
a master-builder, architect: I Co 3:10 (in π. of building contractors, MM, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀρχιτέκτων. The word occurs several times in the correspondence (middle iii/B.c. ) of Cleon the architect in P Petr II. (= Witkowski,? nos. 1-10), e.g. 4 (1)}, 15 (2)% In 42 (a)® we read that one Theodorus, who had previously worked under Cleon (Θεόδωρον τὸν ὑπαρχιτέκτονα), was appointed Cleon’s For the use of the corresponding verb in the inscriptions, cf. OG/S 39? (iii/B.c.) &épxurextovyc[avta] τὴν τριακοντήρη Kal εἰκ[οσήρη]. «1. This example shows that the word is wider than our ‘‘architect.”” In P Tebt II. 2861* (A.D. 121-38) the editors translate ἐκ] τῆς τῶν ἀρτεκτόνων (Δ apxit.) πρ[ο]Ἱσφωνήσεως, ‘as the result of the declaration of the chief engineers ’’ with reference to a dispute regarding a house. The RV is of course shown to be right by the context in 1 Cor 319, It is worth while to remember that τέκτων in its turn is wider than ‘‘ carpenter.” Other occurrences of ἀρχιτέκτων will be found in Sy// 54016 (ii/p.c.), a long inscription about the building of a temple, where the a. has a ὑπαρχιτέκτων under him; 545° 76, 55272, 58527, ete. (all ii/B.c.) ; 653°° (the Mysteries inscription from Andania, dated B.c. 91—in dialect) ; 248% (Delphi, iii/B.c.—dialect) ὃ ἀρχιτέκτων τοῦ ναοῦ, Cagnat I. 925 (iii/A.D.) of the designer of a tower, 926 of a well, etc. successor.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀρχιτέκτων (architektōn) — master-builder. ἀρχι-τέκτων, ονος, ὁ, chief-artificer, master-builder, director of works, τοῦ ὀρύγματος, τῆς γεφύρας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to χειροτέχνης, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to ἐργατικός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; commissioner of works, [Refs] __b plural, board of naval constructors, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. generally, author, contriver, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ταῖς διανοίαις ἀ. τινός those that direct activities by thought, [Refs]
II. at Athens, manager of the state theatre and of the Dionysia, [Refs 4th c.BC+]