ἩρώδηςHērṓdēs
Herod
Greek (New Testament) · G2264
Meanings
1. Herod the Great: Matthew 2:1-23, Acts 23:35.
2. Herod Antipas (ὁ τετραάρχης, Matthew 14:1): Matthew 14:1, Matthew 14:3, Matthew 14:6, Mark 6:1-56, Mark 8:15, Luke 1:5, Luke 3:1, Luke 3:19, Luke 8:3, Luke 9:7, Luke 9:9, Luke 13:31, Luke 23:1-56, Acts 4:27, Acts 13:1.
3. Herod Agrippa I: Acts 12:1, Acts 12:6, Acts 12:11, Acts 12:19, Acts 12:21 (cf. Ἀγρίππας (II)).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 43 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:1 Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking,
- Matthew 2:3 King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem.
- Matthew 2:7 Then Herod called for a private meeting with the wise men, and he learned from them the time when the star first appeared.
- Matthew 2:12 When it was time to leave, they returned to their own country by another route, for God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod.
- Matthew 2:13 After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
- Matthew 2:15 and they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.