τετραρχέω
tetrarchéō · G5075 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to be a tetrarch, to be the governor of a region
To function as a tetrarch (see τετράρχης (tetrárchēs, G5076))
ExamplesLuke 3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
How it’s used In 1 role
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Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἩρώδηςHerod 1
- Λυσανίαςgrief-dispelling 1
- ΦίλιπποςPhilip 1
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἡγεμονεύω hēgemoneúō · G2230 · to be a governor
- Greek verb for exercising gubernatorial authority; both describe political rule over a region, though ἡγεμονεύω is the broader term for any provincial governorship while τετραρχέω specifically denotes rule over a tetrarchy or fourth part
- βασιλεύω basileúō · G936 · to rule, to be a king, to reign
- Greek verb for exercising royal rule; both denote political sovereignty over a territory, though βασιλεύω implies full royal status while τετραρχέω denotes subordinate regional rule
In the other Testament 2 words
- מָשַׁל mâshal · H4910 · to be like, to become like, to compare
- Hebrew verb for ruling or exercising dominion, a natural translation equivalent for the governing function expressed by τετραρχέω in contexts describing political rule over a region
- פֶּחָה pechâh · H6346 · governor
- Hebrew noun for a provincial governor or regional official, used in post-exilic texts for rulers of administrative divisions similar to a tetrarchy
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To be a tetrarch, to be the governor of a region37.79
- Luke records that in the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar, “Herod was tetrarch of Galilee and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene” (Luke 3:1).
Word family 15 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon [, see τετραρχέω.] G5075 — τετραρχέω (T WH τετρααρχέω (see WH's Appendix, p. 145)),…
G5075 — τετραρχέω
(T WH τετρααρχέω (see WH's Appendix, p. 145)), τετράρχω; (τετράρχης, which see), to be governor of a tetrarchy, be tetrarch: with a genitive of the region, Lk 3:1. ((Josephus, b. j. 3, 10, 7.))
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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