Herod Antipas
[an-ti-pas] /ˈæn tɪˌpæs/
noun
1.
died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
/ˈæntɪˌpæs/
noun
1.
died ?40 ad, tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea (4 bc–40 ad); son of Herod the Great. At the instigation of his wife Herodias, he ordered the execution of John the Baptist
Herod’s son by Malthace (Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:1, 19; 9:7; Acts 13:1). (See ANTIPAS.)
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