G745

Ἀρχέλαος

archelaos

Appears in 1 Bible verse

Strong's Definition

people-ruling Archelaus, a Jewishking &#8212 Archelaus.

Detailed Meaning

Archelaus = &quot prince of the people&quot , A son of Herod the Great by Malthace, the Samaritan woman. He and his brother Antipas were brought up with a certain private man in Rome. After the death of his father, he ruled as ethnarch over Judaea, Samaria and Idumaea, (with the exception of the cities of Gaza, Gadara and Hipo). The Jews and the Samaritans having accused him at Rome of tyranny, he was banished by the emperor Augustus to Vienna of the Allobroges and died there.

Part of Speech

proper masculine noun

KJV Translation Counts

Archelaus(1x)

Related Words

G757 | ἄρχω | rule over, reign over