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Ἡρωδιάς

HērōdiasHerodias
greekNew TestamentName of a woman6 occurrences3 books6 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
  • Herodias: Wife of Herod Antipas who had John beheaded
  • Salome: Danced for Herod, requested John the Baptist's execution

Definition

Ἡρῳδιάς (Rec. Ἡρω-), -άδος, ἡ

Herodias, granddaughter of Herod the Great: Matthew 14:3, 6, Mark 6:17, 19; 6:22, Luke 3:19.

Glossary entries

Herodias Salome

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

6 total
  1. Matthew 14:3Ἡρῳδιάδα · Herodias
    Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
  2. Matthew 14:6Ἡρῳδιάδος · of Herodias
    On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
  3. Mark 6:17Ἡρῳδιάδα · Herodias
    For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
  4. Mark 6:19Ἡρῳδιὰς · Herodias
    So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
  5. Mark 6:22Ἡρῳδιάδος · of Herodias
    When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”
  6. Luke 3:19Ἡρῳδιάδος · Herodias
    But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,