TETRARCH

TETRARCH strictly the ruler over the fourth part of a province; but the word denotes a ruler of a province generally (Matthew 14=>1; Luke 3=>1, 19; 9=>7; Acts 13=>1). Herod and Phasael, the sons of Antipater, were the first tetrarchs in Palestine. Herod the tetrarch had the title of king (Matthew 14=>9).