The New Testament Greek Lexicon

The New Testament Greek Lexicon

Strong's Number: 493 �Antipa=v

Original Word Word Origin

�Antipa=v contracted for a compound of (473) and a derivative of (3962)

Transliterated Word Phonetic Spelling

Antipas an-tee'-pas

Parts of Speech TDNT

Noun Masculine None

Definition

Antipas = "like the father"

a Christian of Pergamos who suffered martyrdom

Translated Words

KJV (1) - Antipas, 1;

NAS (1) - Antipas, 1;

Verse Count

KJV NAS

Revelation 1

Revelation 1

Abbreviations Legend:

TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament;

Copyright Statement

The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright - 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.

Bibliography Information

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Antipas". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon".

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Herod surnamed "Antipas", was the son of Herod the Great and Malthace, a Samaritan woman. After the death of his father he was appointed by the Romans tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea. His first wife was the daughter of Aretas, king of Arabia; but he subsequently repudiated her and took to himself Herodias, the wife of his brother Herod Philip; and in consequence Aretas, his father-in-law, made war against him and conquered him. He cast John the Baptist into prison because John had rebuked him for this unlawful connection; and afterwards, at the instigation of Herodias, he ordered him to be beheaded. Induced by her, too, he went to Rome to obtain from the emperor the title of king. But in consequence of the accusations brought against him by Herod Agrippa I, Caligula banished him (A.D.

Abbreviations Legend:

TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament;

Copyright Statement

The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright - 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.

Bibliography Information

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Herodes". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon".