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GreekG5076Noun (Masculine)

τετράρχης

tetrarchēs

4Occurrences
G5076Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

from G5064 (τέσσαρες) and G757 (ἄρχω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
-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 ; in NT, of Herod Antipas.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

τετράρχης appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
2
Acts
1
Matthew
1

Key Passages

Acts 13:1BSB

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

Luke 3:19BSB

But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,

Luke 9:7BSB

When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,

Matthew 14:1BSB

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.