herod the great

1. 1.

   king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC)

   SynonymsHerod

   Broaderking

Questions about herod the great

What does herod the great mean?

herod the great means "king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC)".

What is another word for herod the great?

Close synonyms include Herod. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is herod the great a common word?

herod the great is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.