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Tetrarch

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: τετραρχής

(Strong's #5076 — Noun Masculine — tetraarches | tetrarches — tet-rar'-khace )

denotes "one of four rulers" (tetra, "four," arche, "rule"), properly, "the governor of the fourth part of a region;" hence, "a dependent princeling," or "any petty ruler" subordinate to kings or ethnarchs; in the NT, Herod Antipas, Matthew 14:1; Luke 3:19; 9:7; Acts 13:1 .

B — 1: τετραρχέω

(Strong's #5075 — Verb — tetraacheo | tetrarcheo — tet-rar-kheh'-o )

"to be a tetrarch," occurs in Luke 3:1 (thrice), of Herod Antipas, his brother Philip and Lysanias. Antipas and Philip each inherited a fourth part of his father's dominions. Inscriptions bear witness to the accuracy of Luke's details.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Tetrarch'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​t/tetrarch.html. 1940.
 
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