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Herodias
Herodias was the wife of Herod Antipas, who had John the Baptist beheaded at her request.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Matt. 14:3-11; Mark 6:17-28; Luke 3:19), the daughter of Aristobulus and Bernice. While residing at Rome with her husband Herod Philip I. and her daughter, Herod Antipas fell in with her during one of his journeys to that city. She consented to leave her husband and become his wife. Some time after, Herod met John the Baptist, who boldly declared the marriage to be unlawful. For this he was "cast into prison," in the castle probably of Machaerus (q.v.), and was there subsequently beheaded.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
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First named at Matthew 14:3.
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Verses that name Herodias
- Matthew 14:3 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
- Matthew 14:6 On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
- Mark 6:17 For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
- Mark 6:19 So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
- Mark 6:22 When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”
- Luke 3:19 But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,