Quick Definition
master of the feast
Strong's Definition
director of the entertainment
Derivation: from G746 (ἀρχή) and a compound of G5140 (τρεῖς) and G2827 (κλίνω) (a dinner-bed, because composed of three couches);
KJV Usage: governor (ruler) of the feast
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀρχιτρίκλινος, ἀρχιτρικλινου, ὁ (τρικλινον (or τρίκλινος (namely, οἶκος), a room with three couches)), the superintendent of a dining-room, a τρικλιναρχης, table-master: Joh_2:8 f (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.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀρχιτρίκλινος architriklinos 3x
director of a feast, Joh_2:8-9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἀρχι -τρίκλινος , -ου , ὁ
( < 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): Joh_2:8-9 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀρχιτρίκλινος "the president of a banquet (triclinium)", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀρχι-τρίκλινος, -ου, ὁ
(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.†
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