HEROD as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • 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)
   Synonym(s)
   • Herod the Great (what does Herod the Great mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Herod is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • king (what does king mean?)
   • male monarch (what does male monarch mean?)