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Archelaus

Son of Herod the Great, and Maltace, his fifth wife. Herod having put to death his sons Alexander, Aristobulus, and Antipater, and expunged out of his will Herod Antipas, whom he had declared king, he substituted Archelaus, and gave Antipas the title of tetrarch only. Archelaus is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “the prince of the people.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G0745
Greek
Ἀρχέλαος · Archelaos
Name meaning
the prince of the people According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

G0745

Ἀρχέλαος · Archelaos

Glosses: Archelaus

Ἀρχέλαος, -ου, ὁ Archelaus, son of Herod the Great, King of Judma, Samaria and Idumæa: Mat. 2:22. † (AS)

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Archelaus

the prince of the people

Source: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

ARCHELAUS

son of Herod the Great, and Maltace, his fifth wife. Herod having put to death his sons Alexander, Aristobulus, and Antipater, and expunged out of his will Herod Antipas, whom he had declared king, he substituted Archelaus, and gave Antipas the title of tetrarch only. After the death of Herod, Archelaus ordered that king’s will to be read, wherein he, Archelaus, was declared king, on condition that Augustus consented.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Archelaus

Meaning:
the prince of the people

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources

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