τετράρχης [1 WH rerpadpyns; see the preceding word, and ef. Tdf. Proleg. p. 117], -ov, ὁ, (fr. rérpa, q. v-, and apxw), a tetrarch; 1. 6. 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 lib. 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 [ef. e. g. Plut. Anton. 56, 8, 1. p. 943 4.1. Thus Antony made Herod (afterwards king) and Phasael, sons of Antipater, fetrarchs of Palestine, Joseph. antt. 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; Joseph. antt.17, 11, 4. Cf. Fischer, De vitiis etc. p. 428; Win. RWB. s. v. Tetrarch, and esp. Keim in Schenkel v. p. 487 sqq. The tetrarch Herod Antipas is mentioned in Mt. xiv.1; Lk. iii. 19 ; ix. 7; Acts xiii. 1.

τετραάρχης tetraarchēs 4x

also spelled τετράρχης, a tetrarch, title of a prince, whose rank was lower than a king, Mt. 14:1; Lk. 3:19; 9:7; Acts 13:1*

† τετραάρχης (Rec. τετράρχης, v. supr.), -ου, ὁ

(< τετρα- in comp. = τέτορα, Doric for τέσσαρα, + ἄρχω),

a tetrarch, i.e.

prop., the governor of a fourth part of a region (Strab.);

any petty ruler (Plut.); in NT, of Herod Antipas: Mt 14:1, Lk 3:19 9:7, Ac 13:1.†

τετραάρχης, so read in the critical texts (see WH Wofes*, p. 152, where the form is put down as possibly ‘‘ Alexandrian”), “ἃ tetrarch’’ or governor of the fourth part of a district. The title is applied in the NT to Herod Antipas (Mt 14}, a/.). For the ordinary spelling see the 2"4 declension form tétpapxos Θεσσαλῶν in Sy//* 274 11. (B.c. 337), and Φιλίππου τετραρχίας ἔργον in 720. 220 (B.C. 346?) (with the editor’s note): also C7G III. 4033 Tu. Σεονῆρον βασιλέων καὶ τετραρχῶν ἀπόγονον.

τετράρχης (tetrarchēs) — tetrarch. τετράρχ-ης, ου, ὁ, tetrarch, [Refs 1st c.BC+], etc.; of rulers under the protection of Rome of lower grade than kings, e.g. in Palestine, [NT+1st c.AD+]: also τέτραρχος, Θεσσαλῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+] genitive -χου [Refs] c.AD), but -χα [Refs]

II. a leader of four λόχοι, or 64 men, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]