Tetrárchēs — G5076

Definition

masculine noun

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

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'
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

Usually translated as

tetrarch

Origin

from G5064 and G757

• téssares (G5064)
• árchō (G757)

Occurrences

Tetrárchēs occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (2), Acts (1)

• Matthew 14:1 — At that time Herod the tetrarch (τετραρχης) heard of the fame of Jesus,
• Luke 3:19 — But Herod the tetrarch (τετραρχης), being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
• Luke 9:7 — Now Herod the tetrarch (τετραρχης) 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 13:1 — Now 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 (τετραρχου), and Saul.