Luke 3:1
King James Version
12 Jun 2026
“Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,”
χώρα
room, i.e. a space of territory (more or less extensive; often including its inhabitants)
Τιβέριος
of Tiberius
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Τιβέριος
probably pertaining to the river Tiberis or Tiber; Tiberius, a Roman emperor
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Γαλιλαία
of Galilee
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Γαλιλαία
Galilæa (i.e. the heathen circle), a region of Palestine
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Φίλιππος
Philip
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Φίλιππος
fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites
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Ἰουδαία
of Judea
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Ἰουδαία
the Judæan land (i.e. Judæa), a region of Palestine
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Λυσανίας
Lysanias
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Λυσανίας
grief-dispelling; Lysanias, a governor of Abilene
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Τραχωνῖτις
of Trachonitis
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Τραχωνῖτις
rough district; Trachonitis, a region of Syria
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Ἡρώδης
Herod,
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Ἡρώδης
heroic; Herod, the name of four Jewish kings
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Πιλᾶτος
Pilate
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Πιλᾶτος
close-pressed, i.e. firm; Pilatus, a Roman
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Ἰτουραΐα
of Ituraea
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Ἰτουραΐα
Ituræa (i.e. Jetur), a region of Palestine
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ἡγεμονία
reign
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ἡγεμονία
government, i.e. (in time) official term
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Πόντιος
Pontius
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Πόντιος
apparently bridged; Pontius, a Roman
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Καῖσαρ
Caesar,
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Καῖσαρ
Cæsar, a title of the Roman emperor
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τετραρχέω
being tetrarch
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τετραρχέω
to be a tetrarch
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ἡγεμονεύω
when is being governor
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ἡγεμονεύω
to act as ruler
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πεντεκαιδέκατος
fifteenth
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πεντεκαιδέκατος
five and tenth
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