Ἡρωδιάς
Hērōdias
Herodias
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word Ἡρωδιάς (Hērōdias) is a proper noun referring to a specific person, which is identified as Herodias. As a proper name, its meaning is not derived from its constituent parts, but rather serves as a label for this individual. This name appears 6 times in the Bible, indicating its significance within the narrative context. Given its repeated mentions, it suggests that Herodias plays a notable role in the story, perhaps as a character of importance or a focal point for events. The fact that it is counted within the semantic domain of "Proper Name: Person" underscores that its primary function is to identify a specific individual, rather than describe an abstract idea or concept.
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Occurrences in Scripture
6 total occurrences across the text
For Herod had arrested John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.
Matthew 14:6But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.
Mark 6:17For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.
Mark 6:19Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,
Mark 6:22When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”
Luke 3:19but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,