Herod

[her-uhd]

noun

1. the Great, 73?–4 b.c., king of Judea 37–4.

Herod

/ ˈhɛrəd /

noun

1. called the Great. ?73–4 _bc , king of Judaea (37–4). The latter part of his reign was notable for his cruelty: according to the New Testament he ordered the Massacre of the Innocents

Example Sentences

Stamos appeared onstage as Herod on Friday night, bringing some comic relief to an electric, deeply emotional show.

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Josh Gad, who portrays King Herod, calls the cast “the musical theater version of the Avengers.”

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At the defiant Wildean center is infamous Salome, Herod’s manipulative stepdaughter.

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Commentators sometimes compare dictators to Herod, the king who ordered the massacre of children in his quest to kill the infant Christ.

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In Germany emerged so-called "Herod games" in which people would reportedly stage mock attacks on churches and assail bystanders with inflated animal bladders to ridicule the cruel absurdity of the Judean king.

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