BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G5076
tetrarchēs — tetrarch
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)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G935
basileus — king
βασιλεύς, -έως, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for מֶלֶךְ ;] a king: Mat.1:6 2:1; used by courtesy of Herod the Tetrarch, Mat.14:9; of the Roman Emperor, as frequently in κοινή (Deiss., LAE, p. 367), 1Pe.2:13, 17; of the Christ, in the phrase ὁ β. τ. Ἰουδαίων, Mat.2:2, al.; τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Mrk.15:32, Jhn.1:50 12:13; of God, Mat.5:35, 1Ti.1:17, Rev.15:3; β. βασιλέων, Rev.17:14 19:16; β. τ. βασιλευόντων, 1Ti.6:15 (on the associations of the word to Jewish Hellenists, see Cl. Rev., i, 7).† (AS)
105 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5376
Philippos — Philip
φίλιππος, -ου, ὁ Philip; 1. the husband of Herodias: Mat.14:3, Mrk.6:17. 2. The tetrarch: Mat.16:13, Mrk.8:27, Luk.3:1. 3. The apostle: Mat.10:3, Mrk.3:18, Luk.6:14, Jhn.1:44-49 6:5, 7 12:21-22 14:8-9, Act.1:13. 4. The deacon and evangelist: Act.6:5 8:5-40 21:8.† (AS)
35 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5075
tetrarcheō — be a tetrarch
τετρααρχέω (Rec. τετραρχ-; see WH, App., 145), -ῶ (τετραάρχης), to be tetrarch: with genitive, Luk.3:1 (FlJ, BJ, iii, 10, 7).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2362
chav.ran — Hauran
§ Hauran = "caverns" a province of Palestine east of the Sea of Galilee; exact region uncertain but probably on the borders of the desert in the tetrarchy of Philip
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Strictly the ruler over the fourth part of a province; but the word denotes a ruler of a province generally (Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:1, 19; 9:7; Acts 13:1). Herod and Phasael, the sons of Antipater, were the first tetrarchs in Palestine. Herod the tetrarch had the title of king (Matt. 14:9).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
