Tetrarch
noun
1.
any ruler of a fourth part, division, etc.
2.
a subordinate ruler.
3.
one of four joint rulers or chiefs.
4.
the ruler of the fourth part of a country or province in the ancient Roman Empire.
noun
1.
the ruler of one fourth of a country
2.
a subordinate ruler, esp of Syria under the Roman Empire
3.
the commander of one of the smaller subdivisions of a Macedonian phalanx
4.
any of four joint rulers
strictly the ruler over the fourth part of a province; but the word denotes a ruler of a province generally (Matt. 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 (Matt. 14:9).
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