- Ἡρῴδης
- Ἡρῴδης, ου, ὁ (freq.; also in ins [OGI index I] and pap [Preisigke, Namenbuch], where it is not infrequently found in the correct [B-D-F §26; Mlt-H. 84] spelling with ι; s. Schürer I 294, 20) Herod, name of Idumaean princes forming a dynasty, whose rule in Palestine was established through the favor of Mark Antony and Octavian toward 1; the dynasty continued to rule, though in varied forms, until after the death of 3.—WOtto, Herodes. Beiträge z. Gesch. d. letzten jüd. Königshauses 1913; HWillrich, D. Haus des H. zwischen Jerusalem u. Rom 1929; MStern, in CRINT I/1 216–307; Pauly-W. Suppl. II 1–191. BHHW II 696–763.① Herod I, the Great (41 [37]–4 B.C.) Mt 2:1–22; Lk 1:5; GJs 21:2; 22:1; 23:1f; 25:1 (Just., A I, 31, 2 al.). A palace built by him and named after him is mentioned Ac 23:35.—Schürer I 287–329; EMeyer II 322–27; ASchalit, König Herodes ’69 (transl. by JAmir from the Hebr. of ’60).; MGrant, Herod the Great ’71; EncJud VIII 375–87; ABD III 161–69.② the son of 1, Herod Antipas (4 B.C.–39 A.D.), tetrarch of Galilee and Perea (Jos., Ant. 17, 318), mentioned in the NT because of (among other things) his clash w. John the Baptist, whom he had executed (s. Ἰωάννης 1). The synoptics state that John raised objections to the tetrarch’s marriage to Herodias (q.v.), who forsook one of his brothers to marry him. Acc. to Lk (and GPt) this Herod played a role in the passion story (AVerrall, JTS 10, 1909, 322–53; MDibelius, ZNW 16, 1915, 113–26; KBornhäuser, NKZ 40, 1929, 714–18; JBlinzler, Her. Ant. u. Jes. Chr. ’47; VHarlow, The Destroyer of Jesus. The Story of Herod Antipas ’54; HHoehner, Herod Antipas ’72). Mt 14:1, 3, 6; Mk 6:14–22; 8:15; Lk 3:1, 19; 8:3; 9:7, 9; 13:31; 23:7–15; Ac 4:27; 13:1; ISm 1:2; GEb 13, 74; GPt 1:1f; 2:4f. Called βασιλεύς Mk 6:14; cp. Mt 14:9; GEb 13, 74; GPt 1:2 (ApcEsdr 4:11 p. 28, 11 Tdf.; Just., D. 103, 3f al.; Mel., P. 93, 704).—Schürer I 340–53.③ Herod Agrippa I (s. Ἀγρίππας 1) Ac 12:1, 6, 11, 19, 21.④ a police magistrate in Smyrna (s. εἰρήναρχος) MPol 6:2; 8:2; 17:2, 21.—SPerowne, The Later Herods ’58.—ISBE II 688–98. M-M. EDNT.
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