Herodias

Gender Feminine
Usage Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Scripts Ἡρῳδιάς, Ἡρωδιάς(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Feminine form of Herod. This was the name of a member of the Herodian ruling family of Judea, a sister of Herod Agrippa and the wife of Herod Antipas. She appears in the New Testament, where she contrives to have her husband Antipas imprison and execute John the Baptist.

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Sources & References

  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g2266, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g2266.
Entry updated October 6, 2024