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Tetrarch

A sovereign prince that has the fourth part of a state, province, or kingdom under his dominion, without wearing the diadem, or bearing the title of king, Matt, xiv, 1; Luke iii, 1, 19; Tetrarch is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “governor of a fourth part.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
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  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G5076
Greek
τετράρχης · tetrarchēs
Name meaning
governor of a fourth part According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

τετράρχης

G5076
Transliteration
tetrarchēs
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

tetrarch

Lexicon definition

τετραάρχης (Rec. τετράρχης, see supr.), -ου, ὁ (τετρα- in corp. = τέτορα, Doric for τέσσαρα, + ἄρχω), a tetrarch, i.e. __(a) prop., the governor of a fourth part of a region (Strab.); __(b) any petty ruler (Plut.); in NT, of Herod Antipas: Mat.14:1, Luk.3:19 9:7, Act.13:1.† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Τετράρχης

G5076
Transliteration
tetrárchēs
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

tetrarch

Lexicon definition

a tetrarch; pr. one of a sovereign body of four; in N.T., according to later usage, a provincial sovereign under the Roman emperor, Mat. 14.1. Lu. 3.19; 9.7. Ac. 13.1.

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

τετράρχης

G5076
Transliteration
tetrárchēs
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

tetrarch

Lexicon definition

the ruler of a fourth part of a country ("tetrarch")

Hebrew lexical coverage

No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Tetrarch

governor of a fourth part

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

TETRARCH

a sovereign prince that has the fourth part of a state, province, or kingdom under his dominion, without wearing the diadem, or bearing the title of king, Matt, xiv, 1; Luke iii, 1, 19; ix, 7; Acts xiii, 1.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Tetrarch

Indexed occurrences: 7

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All Scripture references10 references

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

TETRARCH

Entry:
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Indexed references: 1

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Tetrarch

Meaning:
governor of a fourth part

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Ancient Context5 items
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TETRARCH

Nave’s Topical Bible references for TETRARCH.

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Herod Agrippa I.

Son of Aristobulus and Bernice, and grandson of Herod the Great. He was made tetrarch of the provinces formerly held by Lysanias II., and ultimately possessed the entire kingdom of his grandfather, Herod the Great, with the title of king. He put the apostle James the elder to death, and cast Peter into prison (Luke 3:1; Acts 12:1-19). On the second day of a festival held in honour of the emperor Claudius, he appeared in the great theatre of Caesarea. "The king came in clothed in magnificent robes, of which silver was the costly brilliant material. It was early in the day, and the sun's rays fell on the king, so that the eyes of the beholders were dazzled with the brightness which surrounded him. Voices here and there from the crowd exclaimed that it was the apparition of something divine. And when he spoke and made an oration to them, they gave a shout, saying, 'It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.' But in the midst of this idolatrous ostentation an angel of God suddenly smote him. He was carried out of the theatre a dying man." He died (A.D. 44) of the same loathsome malady which slew his grandfather (Acts. 12:21-23), in the fifty-fourth year of his age, having reigned four years as tetrarch and three as king over the whole of Palestine. After his death his kingdom came under the control of the prefect of Syria, and Palestine was now fully incorporated with the empire.

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Herod Arippa II.

The son of Herod Agrippa I. and Cypros. The emperor Claudius made him tetrarch of the provinces of Philip and Lysanias, with the title of king (Acts 25:13; 26:2, 7). He enlarged the city of Caesarea Philippi, and called it Neronias, in honour of Nero. It was before him and his sister that Paul made his defence at Caesarea (Acts 25:12-27). He died at Rome A.D. 100, in the third year of the emperor Trajan.

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Herod Philip I.

(Mark 6:17), the son of Herod the Great by Mariamne, the daughter of Simon, the high priest. He is distinguished from another Philip called "the tetrarch." He lived at Rome as a private person with his wife Herodias and his daughter Salome.

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Herod Philip II.

The son of Herod the Great and Cleopatra of Jerusalem. He was "tetrarch" of Batanea, Iturea, Trachonitis, and Auranitis. He rebuilt the city of Caesarea Philippi, calling it by his own name to distinguish it from the Caesarea on the sea-coast which was the seat of the Roman government. He married Salome, the daughter of Herodias (Matt. 16:13; Mark 8:27; Luke 3:1).

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