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Strong's #2266: Herodias (pronounced hay-ro-dee-as')

from 2264; Herodias, a woman of the Heodian family:--Herodias.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Hērōdias

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.

Part of Speech: noun proper feminine

Relation: from G2264




Usage:

This word is used 6 times:

Matthew 14:3: "put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's"
Matthew 14:6: "was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and"
Mark 6:17: "him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's"
Mark 6:19: "Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him;"
Mark 6:22: "the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and"
Luke 3:19: "by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife,"









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