Herod

Herod may refer to:

Members of the Herodian dynasty

Members of the Herodian dynasty, named after Herod the Great, in chronological order:

• Herod the Great (born c. 74 BC, ruled 37–4 BC or 1 BC), client king of Judea who expanded the Second Temple in Jerusalem and, according to the New Testament, orders the Massacre of the Innocents
• Herod II or Herod Philip I (c. 27 BC–33 AD), father of the Salome in Mark 6:21-29, did not rule over any territory
• Herod Archelaus (23 BC–c. AD 18, ruled 4 BC–AD 6), ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea
• Herod Antipas (born 21 BC, ruled 4 BC–AD 39), tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea and in the New Testament orders the death of John the Baptist and mocks Jesus
• Philip the Tetrarch, sometimes incorrectly called Herod Philip II, (born c. 20 BC, ruled 4 BC–AD 34), tetrarch of Iturea, Trachonitis, and Batanaea
• Herod Agrippa (born c. 11 BC, ruled AD 41–44), client king of Judaea, called "King Herod" or "Herod" in Acts 12 of the New Testament
• Herod of Chalcis (died AD 48), also known as Herod II or Herod V, king of Chalcis (r. AD 41–48)
• Herod Agrippa II (born AD 27, ruled 48–c. 92), ruled Chalcis and described in Acts 25 of the New Testament as "King Agrippa" before whom Paul the Apostle defended himself

US places

• Averitt-Herod House, historic house in Hartsville, Tennessee
• Herod, Illinois, United States
• Herods Run, a stream in West Virginia

Other

• Herod (band), a heavy metal band from the United States
• Herod (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse
• Hérode et Mariamne, a tragedy by Voltaire
• Like Herod, a song by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai

See also

• Herodian dynasty
• Harrod (disambiguation)
• Herodes Atticus (AD 101–177), a Greek aristocrat not related to the Herodian Dynasty who served as a Roman senator and proponent of Sophism
• Herred, an administrative area in Denmark and Norway
• Herodian (disambiguation)
• Herrod (disambiguation)
• Orodes (disambiguation)