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Apr 30, 2023 · An indepth look at the meaning and etymology of the awesome name Antipas. We'll discuss the original Greek, plus the words and names Antipas is related to, plus the occurences of this name in the Bible.
Copper Coin of Herod Antipas. Obverse: ΕΡΩΔΟΥ ΤΕΤΡΑΡΧΟΥ, surrounding a palm-branch, and L.AT (year 33—of his reign). Reverse: TIBEPIAC in wreath. (After Madden, "Coins of the Jews.") "Antipas" is a contracted form of "Antipater," or "Antipatros"; and its meaning is, therefore, not "against all," as has sometimes been asserted.
Antipas. 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 ...
Herod Antipas (born 21 bce —died after 39 ce) was the son of Herod I the Great who became tetrarch (ruler of a minor principality in the Roman Empire) of Galilee, in northern Palestine, and Peraea, east of the Jordan River and Dead Sea, and ruled throughout Jesus of Nazareth’s ministry.
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Antipas served as tetrarch (appointed by the emperor Augustus to rule over one quarter of his father’s kingdom) from 4 B.C. until 39 A.D., almost exactly the time of Jesus. According to the three synoptic Gospels, Herod Antipas’s relationship to Jesus is somewhat vague and indecisive.
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 ]
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Herod Antipas. CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY . I. Herod Antipas and John, the messenger of God. Herod (at first) believed John—“For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy,...
