Strong G755ἀρχιτρίκλινος
head waiter
- Transliteration
- architriklinos
- Pronunciation
- ar-khee-tree'-klee-nos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
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.†
(AS)
(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.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G755 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- feast2
First verses
- John 2:8And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
- John 2:9When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀρχι-τρίκλῑνος, ὁ,
president of a banquet (triclinium), [NT (NT.John.2.9.)]
2 head-waiter, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.27.)]
president of a banquet (triclinium), [NT (NT.John.2.9.)]
2 head-waiter, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.27.)]