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Lexicon :: Strong's G2264 - ērōdēs

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Ἡρῴδης
Transliteration
ērōdēs (Key)
Pronunciation
hay-ro'-dace
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Compound of heros (a "hero") and εἶδος (G1491)
Strong’s Definitions

Ἡρώδης Hērṓdēs, hay-ro'-dace; compound of ἥρως hḗrōs (a "hero") and G1491; heroic; Herod, the name of four Jewish kings:—Herod.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's G2264 in the following manner: Herod, Antipas (27x), Herod, the Great (11x), Herod Agrippa (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's G2264 in the following manner: Herod, Antipas (27x), Herod, the Great (11x), Herod Agrippa (6x).
  1. Herod = "heroic"

    1. the name of a royal family that flourished among the Jews in the times of Christ and the Apostles. Herod the Great was the son of Antipater of Idumaea. Appointed king of Judaea B.C. 40 by the Roman Senate at the suggestion of Antony and with the consent of Octavian, he at length overcame the great opposition which the country made to him and took possession of the kingdom B.C. 37; and after the battle of Actium, he was confirmed by Octavian, whose favour he ever enjoyed. He was brave and skilled in war, learned and sagacious; but also extremely suspicious and cruel. Hence he destroyed the entire royal family of Hasmonaeans, put to death many of the Jews that opposed his government, and proceeded to kill even his dearly beloved wife Mariamne of the Hasmonaean line and his two sons she had borne him. By these acts of bloodshed, and especially by his love and imitation of Roman customs and institutions and by the burdensome taxes imposed upon his subjects, he so alienated the Jews that he was unable to regain their favour by his splendid restoration of the temple and other acts of munificence. He died in the 70th year of his age, the 37th year of his reign, the 4th before the Dionysian era. In his closing years John the Baptist and Christ were born; Matthew narrates that he commanded all the male children under two years old in Bethlehem to be slain.

    2. Herod surnamed "Antipas", was the son of Herod the Great and Malthace, a Samaritan woman. After the death of his father he was appointed by the Romans tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea. His first wife was the daughter of Aretas, king of Arabia; but he subsequently repudiated her and took to himself Herodias, the wife of his brother Herod Philip; and in consequence Aretas, his father-in-law, made war against him and conquered him. He cast John the Baptist into prison because John had rebuked him for this unlawful connection; and afterwards, at the instigation of Herodias, he ordered him to be beheaded. Induced by her, too, he went to Rome to obtain from the emperor the title of king. But in consequence of the accusations brought against him by Herod Agrippa I, Caligula banished him (A.D. 39) to Lugdunum in Gaul, where he seems to have died. He was light minded, sensual and vicious.

    3. Herod Agrippa I was the son of Aristobulus and Berenice, and grandson of Herod the Great. After various changes in fortune, he gained the favour of Caligula and Claudius to such a degree that he gradually obtained the government of all of Palestine, with the title of king. He died at Caesarea, A.D. 44, at the age of 54, in the seventh [or the 4th, reckoning from the extension of his dominions by Claudius] year of his reign, just after having ordered James the apostle, son of Zebedee, to be slain, and Peter to be cast into prison: Acts 12:21

    4. (Herod) Agrippa II, son of Herod Agrippa I. When his father died he was a youth of seventeen. In A.D. 48 he received from Claudius Caesar the government of Chalcis, with the right of appointing the Jewish high priests, together with the care and oversight of the temple at Jerusalem. Four years later Claudius took from him Chalcis and gave him instead a larger domain, of Batanaea, Trachonitis, and Gaulanitis, with the title of king. To those reigns Nero, in A.D. 53, added Tiberias and Taricheae and Peraean Julias, with fourteen neighbouring villages. He is mentioned in Acts 25 and 26. In the Jewish war, although he strove in vain to restrain the fury of the seditious and bellicose populace, he did not desert to the Roman side. After the fall of Jerusalem, he was vested with praetorian rank and kept the kingdom entire until his death, which took place in the third year of the emperor Trajan, [the 73rd year of his life, and the 52nd of his reign] He was the last representative of the Herodian dynasty.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἡρώδης Hērṓdēs, hay-ro'-dace; compound of ἥρως hḗrōs (a "hero") and G1491; heroic; Herod, the name of four Jewish kings:—Herod.
STRONGS G2264:
Ἡρῴδης, Ἡρῴδου, (equivalent to ἡρωιδης, sprung from a hero: hence, the Etym. Magn., pp. 165, 43; 437, 56 directs it to be written Ἡρῴδης (so WH), as it is found also in certain inscriptions (cf. Lipsius, Gram. Unters., p. 9; WH. Introductory § 410; Tdf. Proleg. 109; Pape, Eigennamen, under the word)), Herod, the name of a royal family that flourished among the Jews in the time of Jesus and the apostles. In the N. T. are mentioned,
1. the one who gave the family its name, Herod surnamed the Great, a son of Antipater of Idumaea. Appointed king of Judaea in by the Roman senate at the suggestion of Antony and with the consent of Octavian, he at length overcame the great opposition which the country made to him and took possession of the kingdom in ; and, after the battle of Actium, he was confirmed in it by Octavian, whose favor he ever after enjoyed. He was brave and skilled in war, learned and sagacious; but also extremely suspicious and cruel. Hence, he destroyed the entire royal family of the Hasmonaeans, put to death many of the Jews that opposed his government, and proceeded to kill even his dearly beloved wife Mariamne of the Hasmonaean line and the two sons she had borne him. By these acts of bloodshed, and especially by his love and imitation of Roman customs and institutions and by the burdensome taxes imposed upon his subjects, he so alienated the Jews that he was unable to regain their favor by his splendid restoration of the temple and other acts of munificence. He died in the 70th year of his age, the 37th of his reign, the 4th before the Dionysian era. Cf. Josephus, Antiquities 14, 14, 4; 15, 6, 7; 7, 4; 8, 1; 16, 5, 4; 11, 6, etc. In his closing years John the Baptist and Christ were born, Matthew 2:1; Luke 1:5; Matthew narrates in chapter 2 (cf. Macrobius, sat. 2, 4) that he commanded the male children in Bethlehem from two years old and under to be slain. Cf. especially Keim in Schenkel 3:27ff; Schürer, Neutest. Zeitgesch. § 15, and the books there mentioned.
2. Herod surnamed Antipas, son of Herod the Great and Malthace, a Samaritan woman. After the death of his father he was appointed by the Romans tetrach of Galilee and Peraea. His first wife was a daughter of Aretas, king of Arabia; but he subsequently repudiated her and took to himself Herodias, the wife of his brother Herod (see Φίλιππος, 1); and in consequence Aretas, his father-in-law, made war against him and conquered him. He cast John the Baptist into prison because John had rebuked him for this unlawful connection; and afterward, at the instigation of Herodias, he ordered him to be beheaded. Induced by her, too, he went to Rome to obtain from the emperor the title of king. But in consequence of accusations brought against him by Herod Agrippa I., Caligula banished him (A.D. 39) to Lugdunum in Gaul, where he seems to have died. (On the statement of Josephus (b. j. 2, 9, 6) that he died in Spain see the conjecture in B. D. under the word .) He was light-minded, sensual, vicious (Josephus, Antiquities 17, 1, 3; 8, 1; 11, 4; 18, 5, 1; 7, 1f; b. j. 2, 9, 6). In the N. T. he is mentioned by the simple name of Herod in Matthew 14:1, 3, 6; Mark 6:16-18, 20-22; Mark 8:15; Luke 3:1, 19; Luke 8:3; Luke 9:7, 9; Luke 13:31; Luke 23:7f, 11f, 15; Acts 4:27; Acts 13:1; once, Mark 6:14, he is called βασιλεύς, either improperly, or in the sense of royal lineage (see βασιλεύς). Cf. Keim, the passage cited, p. 42ff; Schürer, the passage cited, p. 232ff
3. Herod Agrippa I (who is called by Luke simply Herod, by Josephus everywhere Agrippa), son of Aristobulus and Berenice, and grandson of Herod the Great. After various changes of fortune, he gained the favor of the emperors Caligula and Claudius to such a degree that he gradually obtained the government of all Palestine, with the title of king. He died at Caesarea, A.D. 44, at the age of 54, in the seventh (or 4th, reckoning from the extension of his dominions by Claudius) year of his reign (Josephus, Antiquities 17, 1, 2; 18, 6; 19, 4, 5; 6, 1; 7, 3; b. j. 2, 11, 6), just after having ordered James the apostle, son of Zebedee, to be slain, and Peter to be cast into prison: Acts 12:1, 6, 11, 19-21. Cf. Keim, the passage cited, p. 49ff; Schürer, the passage cited, p. 290ff; (Farrar, St. Paul, vol. ii. Excurs. vi.).
4. (Herod) Agrippa II, son of the preceding. When his father died he was a youth of seventeen. In A.D. 48 he received from Claudius Caesar the government of Chalcis, with the right of appointing the Jewish high priests, together with the care and oversight of the temple at Jerusalem. Four years later Claudius took from him Chalcis and gave him instead a larger dominion, viz. Batanaea, Trachonitis, and Gaulanitis, with the title of king. To these regions Nero, in A.D. 53, added Tiberias and Tarichaeae and the Peraean Julias, with fourteen neighboring villages. Cf. Josephus, Antiquities 19, 9, 1f; 20, 1, 3; 5, 2; 7, 1; 8, 4; b. j. 2, 12, 1 and 8. In the N. T. he is mentioned in Acts 25:13, 22-26; Acts 26:1f,(Acts 26:7),Acts 26:19,27,32. In the Jewish war, although, he strove in vain to restrain the fury of the seditious and bellicose populace, he did not desert the Roman side. After the fall of Jerusalem, he was vested with praetorian rank and kept the kingdom entire until his death, which took place in the third year of the emperor Trajan (the 73rd of his life, and 52nd of his reign). He was the last representative of the Herodian dynasty. Cf. Keim, the passage cited, p. 56ff; Schürer, the passage cited, p. 315ff (Less complete accounts of the family may he found in BB. DD.; Sieffert in Herzog edition 2 under the word; an extended narrative in Hausrath, Neutest. Zeitgesch. vol. i. Abschn. v. Cf. also Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, book ii., chapter ii. and Appendix iv.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:1; 14:1; 14:3; 14:6
Mark
6; 6:14; 6:16; 6:17; 6:18; 8:15
Luke
1:5; 3:1; 3:19; 8:3; 9:7; 9:9; 13:31; 23:7; 23:11; 23:15
Acts
4:27; 12; 12:1; 12:6; 12:11; 13:1; 25; 25:13; 26:1; 26:7; 26:19; 26:27; 26:32

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2264 matches the Greek Ἡρῴδης (ērōdēs),
which occurs 44 times in 41 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:1 - Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod G2264 the king, [fn]magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:3 - When Herod G2264 the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:7 - Then Herod G2264 secretly called the magi and determined from them [fn]the exact time the star appeared.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:12 - And having been warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, G2264 the magi left for their own country by another way.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:13 - Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord *appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod G2264 is going to search for the Child to destroy Him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:15 - He [fn]remained there until the death of Herod. G2264 This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: “OUT OF EGYPT I CALLED MY SON.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:16 - Then when Herod G2264 saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:19 - But when Herod G2264 died, behold, an angel of the Lord *appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:22 - But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, G2264 he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:1 - At that [fn]time Herod G2264 the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:3 - For when Herod G2264 had John arrested, he bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:6 - But when Herod’s G2264 birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced [fn]before them and pleased Herod, G2264
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:14 - And King Herod G2264 heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:16 - But when Herod G2264 heard of it, he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:17 - For Herod G2264 himself had sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:18 - For John had been saying to Herod, G2264 “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:20 - for Herod G2264 was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; [fn]but he [fn]used to enjoy listening to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:21 - A strategic day came when Herod G2264 on his birthday gave a banquet for his lords and [fn]military commanders and the leading men of Galilee;
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:22 - and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod G2264 and [fn]his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:15 - And He was giving orders to them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” G2264
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:5 - In the days of Herod, G2264 king of Judea, there was a priest named [fn]Zacharias, of the division of [fn]Abijah; and he had a wife [fn]from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:1 - Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod G2264 was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:19 - But when Herod G2264 the tetrarch was reprimanded by him because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the wicked things which Herod G2264 had done,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:3 - and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s G2264 steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:7 - Now Herod G2264 the tetrarch heard of all that was happening; and he was greatly perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:9 - Herod G2264 said, “I myself had John beheaded; but who is this man about whom I hear such things?” And he kept trying to see Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:31 - Just at that time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, “Go away, leave here, for Herod G2264 wants to kill You.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:7 - And when he learned that He belonged to Herod’s G2264 jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, G2264 who himself also was in Jerusalem [fn]at that time.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:8 - Now Herod G2264 was very glad when he saw Jesus; for he had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had been hearing about Him and was hoping to see some [fn]sign performed by Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:11 - And Herod G2264 with his soldiers, after treating Him with contempt and mocking Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him back to Pilate.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:12 - Now Herod G2264 and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:15 - “No, nor has Herod, G2264 for he sent Him back to us; and behold, nothing deserving death has been done by Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:27 - “For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy [fn]servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod G2264 and Pontius Pilate, along with the [fn]Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:1 - Now about that time [fn]Herod G2264 the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:6 - On [fn]the very night when Herod G2264 was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:11 - When Peter came [fn]to himself, he said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod G2264 and from all [fn]that the Jewish people were expecting.”
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:19 - When Herod G2264 had searched for him and had not found him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and was spending time there.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king’s chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king’s country.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:21 - On an appointed day Herod, G2264 having put on his royal apparel, took his seat on the [fn]rostrum and began delivering an address to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:1 - Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod G2264 the tetrarch, and Saul.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:35 - he said, “I will give you a hearing after your accusers arrive also,” giving orders for him to be kept in Herod’s G2264 [fn]Praetorium.
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