noun · masculine
tetraarchos
Greekτετραάρχης (tetraarchēs)
Strong’sG5076
a tetrarch
stem tetraarch-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† τετραάρχης (Rec. τετράρχης, v. supr.), -ου, ὁ
(< τετρα- in comp. = τέτορα, Doric for τέσσαρα, + ἄρχω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5076 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtet-rar'-khace
the ruler of a fourth part of a country ("tetrarch")
Fromfrom G5064 and G757;
King Jamestetrarch.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | tetraarchos3×τετραάρχης | tetraarchois |
| object accusative | tetraarchon | tetraarchoin |
| direct address vocative | tetraarchor | tetraarchoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | tetraarchou1×τετραάρχου | tetraarchoiu |
| to, for dative | tetraarcho | tetraarchoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
tetraarcho 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
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
tetraarchos“tetrarch”subjectnominative singular3×
Matthew 14:1“tetrarch”En ekeino to kairo akouata Hērōdos tos tetraarchos tan akoan Iēsu,At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus
Luke 3:19“tetrarch”tos de Hērōdos tos tetraarchos, elenchirōtos hupo autou peri Hērōdiadau tau gunaikau tou adelfou autou kai peri panteiu heiu poiata ponēreiu tos Hērōdos,But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
Luke 9:7“tetrarch”Akouata de Hērōdos tos tetraarchos teim ginerōteim panteim, kai diaporate dia tem legirō hupo tinoiu hoti Iōannos egeirita ek nekroiu,When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,
tetraarchou“tetrarch”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 13:1“tetrarch”Ale de en Antiocheia kata tan arōtan ekklēsan profētois kai didaskalois tos tē Barnabaos kai Sumeōn tos kalirōtos Nigeros, kai Loukios tos Kurēnaios, Manaēn tē Hērōdou tou tetraarchou suntrofos kai Saulos.Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen ( who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch ), and Saul.