Strong's Number 2266
Transliteration:
Herodias
{hay-ro-dee-as'}
Word Origin:
Part of Speech:
proper name feminine
Usage in the KJV:
Herodias 6
Total: 6
Definition:
Herodias = "heroic"
- 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.