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Herod

Herod

English

Proper noun

Herod

The name of any of a number of members of the Herodian dynasty who ruled the province of Judea.
The biblical king who is said to have ordered the execution of all baby boys under the age of two in the town of Bethlehem and the surrounding region, as he saw Jesus as a threat to his rule; identified with Herod the Great.

Derived terms

Herodian

Translations

king

Arabic: هيرودس m ‎(hirūd)
Armenian: Հերովդես ‎(Herovdes)
Old Armenian: Հերովդէս ‎(Herovdēs)
Belarusian: Ірад m ‎(Írad)
Bulgarian: Ирод m ‎(Írod)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 希律 ‎(hei¹ leot⁶)

Hakka: 希律 ‎(Hî-li̍t)

Mandarin: 希律 ‎(Xīlǜ)

Min Nan: 希律 ‎(Hi-lu̍t)
Czech: Herodes m
Finnish: Herodes
French: Hérode (fr)
German: Herodes m
Greek: Ηρώδης m ‎(Iródis)
Ancient Greek: Ἡρώδης ‎(Hērṓdēs)
Hebrew: הורדוס
Hindi: हेरोद ‎(herōd)
Hungarian: Heródes (hu)

Icelandic: Heródes m
Italian: Erode m
Japanese: ヘロデ ‎(Herode), ヘロデ大王 ‎(herodedaiou)
Korean: 헤로데 ‎(Herode)
Latin: Hērōdēs m
Macedonian: Ирод m ‎(Írod)
Persian: هیرود
Polish: Herod (pl) m
Portuguese: Herodes m
Russian: И́род (ru) m ‎(Írod)
Serbo-Croatian: Херод m, Herod m
Slovak: Herodes m
Slovene: Herod
Spanish: Herodes
Thai: แฮรอด ‎(hae-rôt)
Ukrainian: Ірод m ‎(Írod)
Vietnamese: Herod
Yiddish: הורדוס ‎(hurdus)

Anagrams

horde
Rhode