noun · masculine
hērōdos
Strong’sG2264
Herod
stem hērōd-43 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Ἡρῴδης is a proper name, Herod, borne by several members of a ruling family mentioned in the New Testament 1234. It refers to Herod the Great 13; to Herod Antipas, also called the tetrarch 13; and to Herod Agrippa I 13. Strong's notes that the name itself is compounded from a word meaning a hero and another Greek element, giving it the sense "heroic" 2.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G2264 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhay-ro'-dace
heroic; Herod, the name of four Jewish kings
Fromcompound of ἥρως (a "hero") and G1491;
King JamesHerod.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Herod;
__1. Herod the Great:
__2. Herod Antipas (ὁ τετραάρχης,
__3. Herod Agrippa I:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hērōdos25×Ἡρῴδης | hērōdois |
| object accusative | hērōdon2×Ἡρῴδην | hērōdoin |
| direct address vocative | hērōdor | hērōdoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | hērōdou13×Ἡρῴδου | hērōdoiu |
| to, for dative | hērōdo3×Ἡρῴδῃ | hērōdoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hērōdo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
43 occurrences, every one of them listed
hērōdos“Herod”subjectnominative singular25×
Matthew 2:3akouarantos de tos basilevos Hērōdos tarassita kai pantas Hierosolumas meta autou,When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and …
Matthew 2:7Tote Hērōdos lathra kalarantos toin magoin akribata para …Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned …
Matthew 2:13… heōs an legameia si; mellatō gar Hērōdos zētarō tem paidiem teu apolara autem.… there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the …
Matthew 2:16Tote Hērōdos horarantos hoti empaizita hupo toiu magoiu …When Herod saw that he had been outwitted …
Matthew 14:1En ekeino to kairo akouata Hērōdos tos tetraarchos tan akoan Iēsu,At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about …
Matthew 14:3Tos gar Hērōdos kratarantos ton Iōannon data auton kai …Now Herod had arrested John and bound him …
Mark 6:14Kai akouata tos basilevos Hērōdos, fanerem gar geneta tem onomem autou, …Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name …
Mark 6:16akouarantos de tos Hērōdos legate; Hon mis apokefalizama Iōannon, houtos …But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom …
Mark 6:17Autos gar tos Hērōdos apostelarantos kratata ton Iōannon kai data …For Herod himself had ordered that John be …
Mark 6:20tos gar Hērōdos fobote ton Iōannon, horarēntos auton andron …because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing …
Mark 6:21Kai generantau hēmerau eukairau hote Hērōdos tei genesiei autou deipnem poiata toi …On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles …
Luke 3:19tos de Hērōdos tos tetraarchos, elenchorōntos hupo autou peri …But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife …
Luke 3:19“Herod”… peri panteiu heiu poiata ponēreiu tos Hērōdos,… Herodias and all the evils he had done,
Luke 9:7Akouata de Hērōdos tos tetraarchos teim genorōnteim panteim, kai …When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that …
Luke 9:9legata de tos Hērōdos; Iōannon mis apokefalizama; tinos de atō …“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this man …
Luke 13:31… auto; Exerchasar kai poreuosōr enteuthen, hoti Hērōdos thelatō sin apoktenara.… this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
Luke 23:8tos de Hērōdos horarantos ton Iēsun chairita liōs, ate …When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased …
Luke 23:11exouthenarantos de auton kai tos Hērōdos sun tei strateumei autou kai empaizarantos …And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked …
Luke 23:12genela de filois tos tē Hērōdos kai tos Pilatos en auta ta …That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this …
Luke 23:15alla oude Hērōdos, anapempata gar auton pros nin; kai …Neither has Herod, for he sent Him back to …
Acts 4:27… hagion paidon su Iēsun, hon chriasa, Hērōdos tē kai Pontios Pilatos sun ethnei …… this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the …
Acts 12:1Kata ekeinon de ton kairon epibalata Hērōdos tos basilevos tain cheirain kakara tinoin …About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who …
Acts 12:6Hote de mellate proagara auton tos Hērōdos, ta nukta ekeina ate tos Petros …On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial …
Acts 12:19Hērōdos de epizētarantos auton kai mē heuriskarantos …After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he …
Acts 12:21takta de hēmera tos Hērōdos enduerantos esthan basilikan kai kathizarantos epi …On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on …
hērōdon“Herod”objectaccusative singular2×
Matthew 2:12… chrēmatizirantois kata onarem mē anakamptara pros Hērōdon dia allosau hodau anachōrala eis tan …… a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by …
Luke 23:7… exousiau Hērōdou atō anapempata auton pros Hērōdon, arōnton kai auton en Hierosolumei en …… Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at …
hērōdou“Herod”of, belonging togenitive singular13×
Matthew 2:1… en Bēthleem tau Ioudaiau en hēmerai Hērōdou tou basilevou, idou magois apo anatolaiu …… Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in …
Matthew 2:15kai ate ekei heōs tau teleutau Hērōdou; hina plēriteia tem legirantem hupo kuriou …… he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had …
Matthew 2:19Teleutarantou de tou Hērōdou idou angelos kuriou fanotō kata onarem …After Herod died, an angel of the Lord …
Matthew 2:22… tau Ioudaiau anti tou patrou autou Hērōdou fobita ekei aperchara; chrēmatizirantos de kata …… Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there …
Matthew 14:6genesiei de generantei tou Hērōdou orcheta tas thugatras tau Hērōdiadau en …On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias …
Mark 8:15… zumau toiu Farisaioiu kai tau zumau Hērōdou.… leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
Luke 1:5Geneta en tai hēmerai Hērōdou basilevou tau Ioudaiau hierevos tinos onome …In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a …
Luke 3:1… tau Ioudaiau, kai tetraarcharōntou tau Galilaiau Hērōdou, Filippou de tou adelfou autou tetraarcharōntou …… Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip …
Luke 8:3kai Iōannas gunaikas Chouzou epitropou Hērōdou kai Sousannas kai heterais pollais, hotinais …Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many …
Luke 23:7kai epignōskarantos hoti ek tau exousiau Hērōdou atō anapempata auton pros Hērōdon, arōnton …And learning that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod …
Acts 12:11“Herod”… autou kai exaireta min ek cheirau Hērōdou kai pantau tau prosdokiau tou laou …… has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
Acts 13:1… kai Loukios tos Kurēnaios, Manaēn tē Hērōdou tou tetraarchou suntrofos kai Saulos.… who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch ), and Saul.
Acts 23:35… parageneleia; keleuarantos en te praitōrie tou Hērōdou fulassorō auton.… Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.
hērōdo“Herod”to, fordative singular3×
Matthew 14:6… en te mese kai areskata to Hērōdo,… Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
Mark 6:18legate gar tos Iōannos to Hērōdo hoti Ouk exestinatō si echarō tan …For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you …
Mark 6:22… Hērōdiadau kai orcherantau kai areskarantau to Hērōdo kai toi sunanakeiorōntoi, legata tos basilevos …… Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king …