Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Scripts Ἡρῳδίων, Ἡρωδίων(Ancient Greek)
Meaning & History
Derivative of the Greek name Herodes (see Herod). This name is mentioned briefly in Paul's epistle to the Romans in the New Testament. According to tradition he was a bishop of Patras, Greece, and was later martyred in Rome with Saint Peter.
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Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g2267, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g2267.
