Antipas - Definition and Meaning, Bible Dictionary

Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Antipas

Antipas [N] [H] [S]

Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great by his Samaritan wife Malthace. He was tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea during the whole period of our Lord's life on earth ( Luke 23:7 ). He was a frivolous and vain prince, and was chargeable with many infamous crimes ( Mark 8:15 ; Luke 3:19 ; Luke 13:31 Luke 13:32 ). He beheaded John the Baptist ( Matthew 14:1-12 ) at the instigation of Herodias, the wife of his half-brother Herod-Philip, whom he had married. Pilate sent Christ to him when he was at Jerusalem at the Passover ( Luke 23:7 ). He asked some idle questions of him, and after causing him to be mocked, sent him back again to Pilate. The wife of Chuza, his house-steward, was one of our Lord's disciples ( Luke 8:3 ).

A "faithful martyr" ( Revelation 2:13 ), of whom nothing more is certainly known.

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

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Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Antipas". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Dictionaries - Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Antipas

Antipas [N] [E] [S]

for all

Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.

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Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Antipas'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Antipas

Antipas [N] [E] [H]

(like the father ), martyr at Pergamos, ( Revelation 2:13 ) and according to tradition the bishop of that place. (A.D. before 100.)

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Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Antipas'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Antipas.

Antipas. [N] [E] [H]

[HEROD]

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Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Antipas'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Antipas

ANTIPAS

an'-ti-pas (Antipas):

The name is an abbreviation of Antipater:

(1) A name of Herod "the tetrarch" (in Jos), son of Herod the Great, the brother of Archelaus (Matthew 14:1; Luke 3:1; 9:7; Acts 13:1). See HEROD.

(2) A martyr of the church of Pergamum, described as "my witness, my faithful one" (Revelation 2:13).

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ANTIPAS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.