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Strong's #745: Archelaos (pronounced ar-khel'-ah-os)

from 757 and 2994; people-ruling; Archelaus, a Jewish king:--Archelaus.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Archelaos

Archelaus = "prince of the people"

1) 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: noun proper masculine

Relation: from G757 and G2994




Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

Matthew 2:22: "But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room"









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