Herod Synonyms

hĕrəd
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)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. herod the great

Words Related to Herod

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. pilate
  2. pharaoh
  3. nebuchadnezzar
  4. archelaus
  5. hezekiah
  6. cambyses
  7. pontius pilate
  8. haman
  9. ahab
  10. antiochus
  11. antipas
  12. agrippa
  13. claudius

Herod Sentence Examples

  • Archelaus, Herod's successor, had far less authority than Herod, and the real power of government at Jerusalem was assumed by the Roman procurators, in the time of one of whom, Pontius Pilate, Jesus Christ was condemned to death and crucified outside Jerusalem.

  • He was the father of Herod the Great, whose family thus was Idumaean in origin.

  • At the corner stood the residence of the Babylonian governor, near the site upon which King Herod afterwards built his magnificent palace.

  • The Asmonean dynasty lasted a few years longer, but finally came to an end when Herod the Great, with the aid of the Romans, took possession of Jerusalem and became the first king of the Idumaean dynasty.

  • Herod again raised the city to the position of an important capital, restoring the fortifications, and rebuilding the Temple from its foundations.

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