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Luke 3:1

1InἘνyearἔτειthenδὲfifteenthπεντεκαιδεκάτῳof theτῆςreignἡγεμονίαςof TiberiusΤιβερίουCaesarΚαίσαρος,being governorἡγεμονεύοντοςPontiusΠοντίουPilateΠιλάτουτῆςof JudeaἸουδαίας,andκαὶbeing tetrarchτετρααρχοῦντοςτῆςof GalileeΓαλιλαίαςHerodἩρῴδου,PhilipΦιλίππουnowδὲtheτοῦbrotherἀδελφοῦof himαὐτοῦbeing tetrarchτετρααρχοῦντοςτῆςof IturaeaἸτουραίαςandκαὶof TrachonitisΤραχωνίτιδος[the] regionχώρας,andκαὶLysaniasΛυσανίουτῆςof AbileneἈβιληνῆςbeing tetrarchτετρααρχοῦντος,

And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip being tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,

Vocab difficulty

94.7

Rare words

  • πεντεκαιδεκάτῳ

    πεντεκαιδέκατος

    the fifteenth.

  • ἡγεμονίας

    ἡγεμονία

    rule, authority, sovereignty; a reign.

  • Τιβερίου

    Τιβέριος

    Tiberius, the second Roman emperor (died A.D. 37).

  • ἡγεμονεύοντος

    ἡγεμονεύω

    I govern.

  • Ποντίου

    Πόντιος

    Pontius.

  • τετρααρχοῦντος

    τετρααρχέω

  • Ἰτουραίας

    Ἰτουραῖος

    Ituraean, an adjective applied to a district also called Trachonitis, about 60 miles east of the Sea of Galilee, and partly inhabited by the nomad tribe called Ituraeans.

  • Τραχωνίτιδος

    Τραχωνῖτις

    Trachonitis, the north-east of the territory beyond Jordan.

  • Λυσανίου

    Λυσανίας

    Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene.

  • Ἀβιληνῆς

    Ἀβιληνή

    the Abilenian territory, the territory of Abila (in Syria), a small principality in the mountains of Damascus.

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