Strong G2264G2264GἩρώδης

Herod

One of the 3 senses of Strong G2264

Transliteration
Hērōdēs
Pronunciation
hay-ro'-dace
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

Compound of ἥρως hērōs (a hero ) and G1491; heroic;
Herodes the name of four Jewish kings: - Herod.

Detailed definition

Ἡρῴδης (Rec. -ώδης), -ου, ὁ
Herod;
1. Herod the Great: Mat.2:1-23, Act.23:35.

2. Herod Antipas (ὁ τετραάρχης, Mat.14:1): Mat.14:1, 3 14:6, Mrk.6:1-56, Mrk.8:15, Luk.1:5 3:1, 19 8:3 9:7, 9 13:31, 23, Act.4:27 13:1.

3. Herod Agrippa I: Act.12:1, 6 12:11, 19 12:21 (cf. Ἀγρίππας (II)).†
(AS)

In the biblical story

Herod

The Great, Roman-appointed king of Judea during Jesus' birth.

Herod the Great was the Roman-appointed king of Judea who ruled during the time of Jesus' birth. (Mat.2; Luk.1.5)

In the Bible

Strong G2264G appears in 11 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • herod10
  • s1

First verses

  1. Matthew 2:1
    Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
  2. Matthew 2:3
    When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
  3. Matthew 2:7
    Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
  4. Matthew 2:12
    And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
  5. Matthew 2:13
    And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
  6. Matthew 2:15
    And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
  7. Matthew 2:16
    Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
  8. Matthew 2:19
    But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
  9. Matthew 2:22
    But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
  10. Luke 1:5
    There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
  11. Acts 23:35
    I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
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