Tetrarch
τετράρχηςStrong’s G5076tetrarchēs
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Tetrarchēs is the Greek word usually translated “tetrarch”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,”
Meaning
Usually translated “tetrarch”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- tetrarch 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Matthew 1
- Acts 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 3:19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
- Luke 9:7Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;
- Acts 13:1Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Greek dictionary
τετράρχης 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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tetrarch” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TE'TRARCH, noun
[Gr. four, and rule.]
A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; a subordinate prince. In time, this word came to denote any petty king or sovereign.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.