herod
IPA: hˈɛrʌd
Root Word: Herod
noun
- The name of any of a number of members of the Herodian dynasty who ruled in the Roman province of Judea, most notably Herod the Great, who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents, or Herod Antipas, his son, who met Jesus during his Passion.
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Examples of "herod" in Sentences
- Herod and the end of the dynasty.
- Herod was perplexed by the belief.
- They had a terrible end on Herod hands.
- He was the last prince of the house of the Herods.
- Herod Antipas is depicted as an effeminate homosexual.
- Gratus found the relic concealed in the palace of Herod.
- Herod had a son named Herod, and the two are often mixed up.
- The sophist and magnate Herodes Atticus was born in Marathon.
- An example of this is in Antiphon V, On the Killing of Herodes.
- His father was first cousin with the prominent Greek sophist Herodes Atticus.
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