Usually means: Ruler known for harshness, cruelty.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. Herod: Merriam-Webster
  2. Herod: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Herod: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Herod: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Herod: Vocabulary.com
  6. Herod: Wordnik
  7. Herod: Wiktionary
  8. Herod: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Herod: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Herod: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. herod: Dictionary.com
  12. Herod (band), Herod (disambiguation), Herod (horse), Herod: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Herod: Rhymezone
  14. herod: FreeDictionary.org
  15. herod: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Herod: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Herod: Who2
  18. Herod: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. herod: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Herod: Global Glossary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Herod: Encyclopedia

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Herod: Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Herod)

▸ noun:  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.

Similar:
Herod the Great, Massacre of the Innocents, John the Baptist, Mattathias, Hasmonean, Perea, Annas, Ahasuerus, Hebraean, Josephus, more...

Opposite:
savior, protector, defender, guardian

Phrases:
king herod, Herod Antipas, Herod Agrippa, Herod Archelaus, out herod, more...

Adjectives:
out, herods, wicked, old, first, cruel, great, young, same, second, compare

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     ruby,     garnet,     burgundy, more...

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Similar:
Herod the Great, Massacre of the Innocents, John the Baptist, Mattathias, Hasmonean, Perea, Annas, Ahasuerus, Hebraean, Josephus, more...

Opposite:
savior, protector, defender, guardian

Phrases:
king herod, Herod Antipas, Herod Agrippa, Herod Archelaus, out herod, Herod the Great, herod agrippa i, Herod Agrippa II, herod philip ii, Herod II, Alexander, son of Herod, more...

Adjectives:
out, herods, wicked, old, first, cruel, great, young, same, second, compare

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     ruby,     garnet,     burgundy, more...



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