Lexicon :: Strong's G5076 - tetraarchēs

τετραάρχης
Transliteration
tetraarchēs (Key)
Pronunciation
tet-rar'-khace
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From τέσσαρες (G5064) and ἄρχω (G757)
mGNT
4x in 2 unique form(s)
TR
4x in 2 unique form(s)
LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
τετράρχης — 3x
τετράρχου — 1x
τετραάρχης — 3x
τετραάρχου — 1x
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Strong’s Definitions

τετράρχης tetrárchēs, tet-rar'-khace; from G5064 and G757; the ruler of a fourth part of a country ("tetrarch"):—tetrarch.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G5076 in the following manner: tetrarch (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G5076 in the following manner: tetrarch (4x).
  1. a tetrarch

    1. a governor of the fourth part of a region. Thus Strabo states that Galactia was formerly divided into three parts, each one of which was distributed into four smaller subdivisions each of which was governed by a tetrarch. Strabo relates that Thessaly, before the time of Philip of Macedon, had been divided into four tetrarchies, each having its own tetrarch.

    2. the governor of a third part or half a country, or even a ruler of an entire country or district provided it were of comparatively narrow limits; a petty prince. Thus Antony made Herod (afterwards king) and Phasael, sons of Antipater, tetrarchs of Palestine. After the death of Herod the Great, his sons, Achelaus styled an ethnarch but Antipas and Philip with the title of tetrarchs, divided and governed the kingdom left by their father.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τετράρχης tetrárchēs, tet-rar'-khace; from G5064 and G757; the ruler of a fourth part of a country ("tetrarch"):—tetrarch.
STRONGS G5076:
τετράρχης (T WH τετραάρχης; see the preceding word, and cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 117), τετράρχου, (from τέτρα, which see, and ἄρχω), a tetrarch; i. e.
1. a governor of the fourth part of any region. Thus Strabo, 12, p. 567, states that Galatia was formerly divided into three parts, each one of which was distributed into four smaller subdivisions each of which was governed by 'a tetrarch'; again, in book 9, p. 430, he relates that Thessaly, before the time of Philip of Macedon, had been divided into four 'tetrarchies' each of which had its own 'tetrarch'.
2. the word lost its strict etymological force, and came to denote "the governor of a third part or half of a country, or even the ruler of an entire country or district provided it were of comparatively narrow limits; a petty prince" (cf. e. g. Plutarch, Anton. 56, 3, i., p. 942 a.). Thus Antony made Herod (afterward king) and Phasael, sons of Antipater, tetrarchs of Palestine, Josephus, Antiquities 14, 13, 1. After the death of Herod the Great, his sons, Archelaus styled an ethnarch but Antipas and Philip with the title of 'tetrarchs', divided and governed the kingdom left by their father; Josephus, Antiquities 17, 11, 4. Cf. Fischer, De vitiis etc., p. 428; Winers RWB, under the word Tetrarch, and especially Keim in Schenkel v., p. 487ff The tetrarch Herod Antipas is mentioned in Matthew 14:1; Luke 3:19; Luke 9:7; Acts 13:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
14:1
Luke
3:19; 9:7
Acts
13:1
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