verb
tetraarchamō
Strong’sG5075
I rule over as a tetrarch
stem tetraarch-3 times in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† τετρααρχέω (Rec. τετραρχ-; v. WH, App., 145), -ῶ
(< τετραάρχης),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5075 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtet-rar-kheh'-o
to be a tetrarch
Fromfrom G5076;
King James(be) tetrarch.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
to be tetrarch, τῆς Γαλιλαίας NT+1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| tetraarcharōntouτετρααρχοῦντος | happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive singular masculine | tetrarch | 3× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | tetraarchamō | tetraarchame | tetraarchami | tetraarchama | tetraarchamē | tetraarchamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | tetraarchasō | tetraarchase | tetraarchasi | tetraarchasa | tetraarchasē | tetraarchaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | tetraarchatō | tetraarchate | tetraarchati | tetraarchata | tetraarchatē | tetraarchatelē |
| we 1st person plural | tetraarchanō | tetraarchane | tetraarchani | tetraarchana | tetraarchanē | tetraarchanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | tetraarchavō | tetraarchave | tetraarchavi | tetraarchava | tetraarchavē | tetraarchavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | tetraarchalō | tetraarchale | tetraarchali | tetraarchala | tetraarchalē | tetraarchalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | tetraarchameiō | tetraarchameia | tetraarchameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | tetraarchaseiō | tetraarchaseia | tetraarchaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | tetraarchateiō | tetraarchateia | tetraarchateiē |
| we 1st person plural | tetraarchaneiō | tetraarchaneia | tetraarchaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | tetraarchaveiō | tetraarchaveia | tetraarchaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | tetraarchaleiō | tetraarchaleia | tetraarchaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | tetraarchasōr | tetraarchasar | tetraarchasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | tetraarchatōr | tetraarchatar | tetraarchatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | tetraarchavōr | tetraarchavar | tetraarchavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | tetraarchalōr | tetraarchalar | tetraarchalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | tetraarchamoiō | tetraarchamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | tetraarchasoiō | tetraarchasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | tetraarchatoiō | tetraarchatoia |
| we 1st person plural | tetraarchanoiō | tetraarchanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | tetraarchavoiō | tetraarchavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | tetraarchaloiō | tetraarchaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | tetraarcharō | tetraarchari | tetraarchara | tetraarcharē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 3 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | tetraarcharōntos3× | tetraarcharintos | tetraarcharantos | tetraarcharēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
tetraarch is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
tetraarcharōntou“tetrarch”happening now · of, belonging topresent active participle genitive singular masculine3×
Luke 3:1… hēgemoneuarōntou Pontiou Pilatou tau Ioudaiau, kai tetraarcharōntou tau Galilaiau Hērōdou, Filippou de tou …… tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias …
Luke 3:1… Hērōdou, Filippou de tou adelfou autou tetraarcharōntou tau Itouraiau kai Trachōnitidau chōrau, kai …… Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch …
Luke 3:1… Trachōnitidau chōrau, kai Lusaniou tau Abilēnau tetraarcharōntou,… of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,