Herod

See also: herod and herǫð

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡρῴδης (Hērṓidēs).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛɹəd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Herod

1. The name of any of a number of members of the Herodian dynasty who ruled in the Roman province of Judea, most notably Herod the Great, who ordered the Massacre of the Innocents, or Herod Antipas, his son, who met Jesus during his Passion.

Derived terms

• Herodian

Translations

king

• Aghwan: 𐕆𐔴𐕙𐕒𐔳𐔶𐕚 (herodēs)
• Arabic: هِيرُودُس m (hīrūdus)
• Armenian: Հերովդես (Herovdes)

  Old Armenian: Հերովդէս (Herovdēs)

• Belarusian: І́рад m (Írad)
• Bulgarian: И́род m (Írod)
• Catalan: Herodes
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 希律 (hei¹ leot⁶)

  Hakka: 希律 (Hî-li̍t)

  Hokkien: 希律 (Hi-lu̍t)

  Mandarin: 希律 (Xīlǜ), 黑落德 (zh) (Hēiluòdé)

• Czech: Herodes m
• Farefare: Erɔdɩ
• Finnish: Herodes
• French: Hérode (fr)
• German: Herodes m
• Gothic: 𐌷𐌴𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐍃 m (hērōdēs)
• Greek: Ηρώδης (el) m (Iródis)

  Ancient: Ἡρώδης (Hērṓdēs)

• Hebrew: הורדוס (hórdos)
• Hindi: हेरोद (herod)
• Hungarian: Heródes (hu)
• Icelandic: Heródes m
• Indonesian: Herodes
• Irish: Héaród m
• Italian: Erode m
• Japanese: ヘロデ (Herode), ヘロデ大王 (herodedaiou)
• Kazakh: Ирод (İrod)
• Korean: 헤로데 (herode)
• Latin: Hērōdēs m
• Macedonian: Ирод m (Irod)
• Persian: هیرود
• Polish: Herod (pl) m
• Portuguese: Herodes (pt) m
• Russian: И́род (ru) m (Írod)
• Serbo-Croatian: Херод m, Herod m
• Slovak: Herodes m
• Slovene: Herod
• Spanish: Herodes
• Thai: แฮรอด (hae-rôt)
• Turkish: Hirodes
• Ukrainian: І́род m (Írod)
• Urdu: ہیرودوس m (herodos)
• Vietnamese: Herod
• Yiddish: הורדוס (hurdus)

Anagrams

• Rhode, Rohde, horde

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἡρῴδης (Hērṓidēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.rɔt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrɔt
• Syllabification: He‧rod
• Homophone: herod

Proper noun

Herod m pers

1. (biblical) Herod (biblical king)

Declension

Declension of Herod

	singular
nominative	Herod
genitive	Heroda
dative	Herodowi
accusative	Heroda
instrumental	Herodem
locative	Herodzie
vocative	Herodzie

Derived terms

adjective

• herodowy

 

noun

• herod

 

Related terms

noun

• herod-baba

 

Further reading

• Herod in Polish dictionaries at PWN