Herodias

[ huh-roh-dee-uhs ]
/ həˈroʊ di əs /

noun

the second wife of Herod Antipas and the mother of Salome: she told Salome to ask Herod for the head of John the Baptist.

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Words nearby Herodias

Herod Agrippa, Herod Agrippa I, Herod Agrippa II, Herod Antipas, Herodian, Herodias, Herodotus, Herod the Great, heroic, heroic age, heroic couplet
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Herodias
/ (hɛˈrəʊdɪˌæs) /

noun

?14 bc –?40 ad, niece and wife of Herod Antipas and mother of Salome, whom she persuaded to ask for the head of John the Baptist. Her ambition led to the banishment of her husband
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