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 (Mt 14:1;Lu 3:1;9:7;Ac 13:1). SeeHEROD.
(2) A martyr of the church of Pergamum, described as "my witness, my faithful one" (Re 2:13).