[τετραάρχης, see τετράρχης.] STRONGS NT 5076: τετράρχηςτετράρχης (T WH τετραάρχης; see the preceding word, and cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 117), τετράρχου, ὁ (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 Mat_14:1; Luk_3:19; Luk_9:7; Act_13:1.

τετραάρχης tetraarchēs 4x also spelled τετράρχης , a tetrarch, title of a prince, whose rank was lower than a king, Mat_14:1 ; Luk_3:19 ; Luk_9:7 ; Act_13:1

† τετραάρχης ( Rec. τετράρχης , v. 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 ; Luk_9:7 , Act_13:1 .†

τετραάρχης (~ τετράρχης ) [page 632] τετραάρχης , so read in the critical texts (see WH Notes .2 , p. 152, where the form is put down as possibly Alexandrian ), a tetrarch or governor of the fourth part of a district. The title is applied in the NT to Herod Antipas ( Mat_14:1 , al .). For the ordinary spelling see the 2nd declension form τέτραρχος Θεσσαλῶν in Syll .3 274 II. (B.C. 337), and Φιλίππου τετραρχίας ἔργον in ib . 220 (B.C. 346?) (with the editor s note) : also CIG III. 4033 Τι . Σεουῆρον βασιλέων καὶ τετραρχῶν ἀπόγονον .

τετράρχης τετράρχης, ου, ὁ, "a tetrarch", i. e. "a ruler of one of four provinces", Strab. , etc.

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)