Strong G2264G2264IἩρώδης
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.
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)
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
A Tetrarch who persecuted the early church.
Herod Agrippa I was a king who persecuted the early church, killing James and imprisoning Peter. (Act.12.1-23)
In the Bible
Strong G2264I appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- herod5
First verses
- Acts 12:1Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
- Acts 12:6And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
- Acts 12:11And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
- Acts 12:19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.
- Acts 12:21And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.