Vierfürst

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German

Etymology

Vier +‎ Fürst

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiːɐ̯ˌfʏʁst/
  • Hyphenation: Vier‧fürst

Noun

Vierfürst m (weak, genitive Vierfürsten, plural Vierfürsten)

  1. tetrarch
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Luke 3:1 (with KJV translation)
      In dem fünfzehnten Jahr des Kaisertums Kaisers Tiberius, da Pontius Pilatus Landpfleger in Judäa war und Herodes ein Vierfürst in Galiläa und sein Bruder Philippus ein Vierfürst in Ituräa und in der Gegend Trachonitis und Lysanias ein Vierfürst zu Abilene,
      Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

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