Strongs Number: G2266
- Greek Word
- Ἡρωδιάς
- Transliteration
- Hērōdias
- Phonetic
- hay-ro-dee-as'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
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Herodias a woman of the Herodian family
- Thayers Definition
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Herodias = "heroic"
1. daughter of Aristobulus and granddaughter of Herod the Great. She was first married to Herod Philip I, son of Herod the Great, a man in private life; but afterwards formed an unlawful union with Herod Antipas, whom she induced not only to slay John the Baptist but also to make the journey to Rome which ruined him; at last she followed him to exile in Gaul.
- Origin
- From G2264
- Bible Usage
- Herodias.