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Herod

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Her·od  (hrd) Known as "the Great." 73?-4 b.c.
King of Judea (40-4) who, according to the New Testament, attempted to kill the infant Jesus by ordering the death of all children under the age of two in Bethlehem.
Herod [ˈhɛrəd]
n
(Biographies / Herod (?73 bc-4 bc) M, Judaean, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) called the Great. ?73-4 bc, king of Judaea (37-4). The latter part of his reign was notable for his cruelty: according to the New Testament he ordered the Massacre of the Innocents
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Noun1.HerodHerod - 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)
Herod the Great
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Herod [ˈherəd] N → Herodes
Herod
n → Herodes m
Herod [ˈhɛrəd] n → Erode m
Herod [ˈhɛrəd] n → Erode m


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When first he joined us and saw our mark upon the foreheads of our dead, wishing to out-Herod Herod, he marked the living which fell into his hands with a red hot iron, branding a great P upon each cheek and burning out the right eye completely.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Noah's wife, for example, came regularly to be presented as a shrew, who would not enter the ark until she had been beaten into submission; and Herod always appears as a blustering tyrant, whose fame still survives in a proverb of Shakspere's coinage--'to out-Herod Herod.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
"Here Herod rages on the pageant and in the street also" is one stage direction.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
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