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ANTIPAS

an'-ti-pas (Antipas): 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; 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).

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Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.