Word Summary
Hērōdias: Herodias, granddaughter of Herod the Great
Original Word: ἩρῳδιάςTransliteration: Hērōdias
Phonetic Spelling: (hay-ro-dee-as')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: Herodias, granddaughter of Herod the Great
Meaning: Herodias -- granddaughter of Herod the Great
Strong's Concordance
Herodias.
From Herodes; Herodias, a woman of the Heodian family -- Herodias.
see GREEK Herodes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2266: ἩρῳδιάςἩρῳδιάς (
WH Ἡρῳδιάς, see
Ἡρῴδης and Iota),
Ἡρῳδιάδος,
ἡ,
Herodias, daughter of Aristobulus and granddaughter of Herod the Great. She was first married to Herod (Philip (see
Φίλιππος, 1)), son of Herod the Great, a man in private life; but she afterward 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 into exile in Gaul (see
Ἡρῴδης, 2):
Matthew 14:3, 6;
Mark 6:17, 19, 22;
Luke 3:19.