Strong's Number G2266

Ἡρωδιάς

Herodias · hay-ro-dee-as'

Transliteration:

Herodias{hay-ro-dee-as'}

Word Origin:

from 2264

Part of Speech:

proper name feminine

Strong's Definition:

Herodias, a woman of the Heodian family

Usage in the KJV:

Herodias 5

Total: 6
Occurs 6 times in the Greek text.

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.