Original Word: Ἀρχέλαος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: Archelaos
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-khel'-ah-os)
Short Definition: Archelaus
Definition: Archelaus, Herod Archelaus, son and successor of Herod I, reigned over Judea from 4 B.C. to A.D. 6 and died before A.D. 18.STRONGS NT 745: Ἀρχέλαος

Ἀρχέλαος, Ἀρχελου, ὁ, Archelaus (from ἄρχω and λαός, ruling the people), a son of Herod the Great by Malthace, the Samaritan. He and his brother Antipas were brought up with a certain private man at Rome (Josephus, Antiquities 17, 1, 3). After the death of his father he ruled ten years as ethnarch over Judaea, Samaria, and Idumaea, (with the exception of the cities Gaza, Gadara, and Hippo). The Jews and Samaritans having accused him at Rome of tyranny, he was banished by the emperor (Augustus) to Vienna of the Allobroges, and died there (Josephus, Antiquities 17, 9, 3; 11, 4; 13, 2; b. j. 2, 7, 3): Matthew 2:22. (See B. D. under the word and cf. Ἡρῴδης.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Archelaus.

From archo and Laodikeus; people-ruling; Archelaus, a Jewish king -- Archelaus.

see GREEK archo

see GREEK Laodikeus

Forms and Transliterations

Αρχελαος Ἀρχέλαος Archelaos Archélaos

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