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- Herod Antipas: Jewish leader, ruler of Galilee and Peraea between 4 BCE and 39 CE. The division of Herod's kingdom Herod Antipas - a nickname derived from Antipatros - was the son of the Jewish king Herod the Great and his wife Malthace; he was full brother of Archelaus and a half brother of Philip.
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Apr 30, 2023 · Her name was Malthace, from μαλθακος (malthakos), meaning tender or gentle, which may have helped inspire the story of the Good Samaritan (i.e. Herod Antipas, who was thus half-Edomite, half-Samaritan — note that the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh were half-Egyptian).
Josephus, who, in the first part of the "History of the Jewish War," speaks of him as Antipas, calls him Herod in relating the division of Judea; adding to the name the phrase, "he who was called Antipas" ("B. J." ii. 9, § 1), but using simply the patronymic throughout the rest of his work.
Herod Antipas (Greek: Ἡρῴδης Ἀντίπας, Hērǭdēs Antipas; c. 20 BC – c. 39 AD) was a 1st-century ruler of Galilee and Perea. He bore the title of tetrarch ("ruler of a quarter") and is referred to as both "Herod the Tetrarch" [ 1 ] and "King Herod" [ 2 ] in the New Testament [ 3 ] .
Sep 1, 1993 · We need to start translating “fox” with its proper Hebraic cultural meaning. Jesus was direct. Antipas was a שׁוּעָל בֶּן שׁוּעָל (shū·‘ĀL ben shū·‘ĀL, “a fox, the son of a fox”), a small-fry. [8]
Anti-pa (tro)s. Anti = “in the place of,” “equal to,” “like” | patēr = “father”. Antipas was a nickname of a first-century ruler of Galilee and Perea. His full name, Herod Antipatros (Greek: ̔Ηρᾡδης ̓Αντίπατρος, Hērōdēs Antipatros; 21 B.C.E.–39 C.E.), can be loosely translated as “Herod who is equal to ...
This is understandable because the Gospels refer to Herod Antipas simply as “Herod,” or occasionally as “Herod the tetrarch” or even as “King Herod” ( Mark 6:14 ), but never by his common name Antipas (see How Many? ). Herod Antipas ruled Galilee for most of Jesus’ life.
When Herod died in c. 4 BC, Antipas was given the Galilee and ruled that region where Jesus of Nazareth lived His entire life. Herod Antipas is mentioned 10 times in the New Testament. In all of those mentions he is called simply “Herod.” “Herod” is an honorific title as is “King” or “Pharaoh.”
