Antipas (ISBE)

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an´ti -pas ( Ἀντίπας , Antı́pas ): 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; Luke 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 ).