- Transliteration: herodias

- Phonetic: hay-ro-dee-as'

- Definition: Herodias = "heroic"

1. daughter of Aristobulus and granddaughter of Herod the Great. She was first married to Herod Philip I, son of Herod the Great, a man in private life; but afterwards formed an unlawful union with Herod Antipas, whom she induced not only to slay John the Baptist but also to make the journey to Rome which ruined him; at last she followed him to exile in Gaul.

- Origin: from G2264" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2264

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From G2264" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2264; Herodias a woman of the herodian family: - Herodias.