Herod

American  

[her-uhd] / ˈhɛr əd /

noun

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

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Herod British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

Her adulation of Herod, the assimilated Roman Jewish client-king of Judea, was contrary to most takes on him, certainly to the baby-Jesus-hunter of Matthew’s Gospel.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now he’ll get one night to give “King Herod’s Song” his all.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times