John 2:9:5John.2.9.W5TAB
ἀρχιτρίκλινος
arkhitriklinos
“feast master”
- Transliteration
- ar-khi-TRI-kli-nos
- Extended
- ahr-khi-TRI-kli-nos
- IPA
- /ar.kʰi.ˈtri.kli.nos/
Meaning by language
- English
- feast master
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ar-khi-TRI-kli-nos
- sentence
hōs DE e-GEU-sa-to ho ar-khi-TRI-kli-nos TO HY-dōr OI-non ge-ge-nē-ME-non KAI ouk Ē-DEI PO-then es-TIN hoi DE di-A-ko-noi Ē-DEI-san hoi ēn-tlē-KO-tes TO HY-dōr phō-NEI TON nym-PHI-on ho ar-khi-TRI-kli-nos
Exegesis
The subject ho architriklinos {ὁ ἀρχιτρίκλινος | ho ar-khi-trí-kli-nos} “the master of the banquet” comes after the verb, a common Greek order that highlights the verbal action before identifying the actor.
The narrative then resumes with phonei ton nymphion ho architriklinos {φωνεῖ τὸν νυμφίον ὁ ἀρχιτρίκλινος | phō-neî tón nym-phí-on ho ar-khi-trí-kli-nos}, a present-tense historical vividness that uses a verb–object–subject order to foreground the action “calls the bridegroom” before restating the steward as subject, emphasizing his decisive response to what he has tasted. English word order is adjusted to a more typical subject–verb–object pattern and the parenthetical servant clause is rendered with “though/although” to keep the contrast while maintaining smooth narrative flow.
Root and etymology
archi- and triklinonalpha–rho–chi–iota; tau–rho–iota–kappa–lambda–iota–nu–iota–omicron–nu
“chief over the dining couches”
In context — John 2:9
When the master of the banquet tasted the water that had become wine and did not know from where it had come , though the servants who had drawn the water knew, the master of the banquet called the bridegroom.
About this coordinate
John 2:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of John 2:9, so the Greek word ἀρχιτρίκλινος (arkhitriklinos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.2.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (John.2.9.W5.S1) and character.