Herod – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Herod
n.
king of Judea from 37-4 BC
Herod
Herod is a name used of several kings belonging to the Herodian Dynasty of the Roman province of Judaea:
- Herod the Great (c. 74–4 BC), client king of Judea who rebuilt the Second Temple (in Jerusalem) into Herod's Temple
- Herod Archelaus (23 BC–c. AD 18), ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea
- Herod Antipas (20 BC–c. AD 40), tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, called "Herod the Tetrarch" or "Herod" in the New Testament, and described as ordering John the Baptist's death and mocking Jesus
- Herod II (c. 27 BC–33 AD), sometimes called Herod Philip I, father of Salome
- Philip the Tetrarch (4 BC–AD 34), sometimes called Herod Philip II, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis
- Herod Agrippa (c. 10 BC–AD 44), client king of Judaea, called "King Herod" or "Herod" in Acts 12 of the New Testament
- Herod of Chalcis, also known as Herod III, king of Chalcis (AD 41–48)
- Herod Agrippa II (AD 27–100), tetrarch of Chalcis who was described in Acts of the Apostles as "King Agrippa" before whom Paul of Tarsus defended himself
- Herodes Atticus (AD 101–177), an unrelated Greek aristocrat who served as a Roman Senator and proponent of Sophism
Herod
Noun
1. king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC)
(synonym) Herod the Great
(hypernym) king, male monarch
Herod
n.
Herod, king of Judea from 37-4 BC
Herod
Herod (Antipas) Ruler of Judea 4 BC - 40 AD. Educated at Rome; invested with tetrarchy of Galilee and Perea on his father's death. Reproved by John the Baptist, whose death he brought about by the desire of his wife Herodias and her daughter Salome (Matthew 14:3-12). He was banished in 40 by Caligula to Lugdumun (Lyons).
The story of King Herod and the slaughter of the 40,000 innocents, Blavatsky remarks that "innocents" was a name given to initiates in ancient Judea. "There is a legend to this effect, and the event which took place almost a century BC, shows the origin of the tradition blended at the same time with that of Krishna and his uncle Kansa. In the case of the N. T., Herod stands for Alexander Janneus (of Lyda), whose persecution and murder of hundreds and thousands of Initiates led to the adoption of the Bible story" {SD 2:504n}.
