Herod

Herod (Aramaic pronunciation has a long e, Hee-rod, as does the Greek, but short in English) is a name used of several kings belonging to the Herodian Dynasty of the Roman province of Judaea:

• Herod the Great (c. 74–4 BC), client king of Judaea who rebuilt the Second Temple (in Jerusalem) into Herod's Temple
• Herod Archelaus (23 BC–c. AD 18), ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea
• Herod Antipas (20 BC–c. AD 40), tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, who (called "Herod the Tetrarch" or "Herod" in the New Testament up to Acts 4:27) was described therein as ordering John the Baptist's death and as mocking Jesus
• Herod II (c. 27 BC - 33 AD), sometimes called Herod Philip I, father of Salome
• Philip the Tetrarch (4 BC–AD 34), sometimes called Herod Philip II, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis
• Herod Agrippa I (c. 10 BC–AD 44), client king of Judaea, called "King Herod" or "Herod" in Acts 12 of the New Testament
• Herod of Chalcis, also known as Herod III, king of Chalcis (AD 41–48)
• Herod Agrippa II (AD 27–100), tetrarch of Chalcis who was described in Acts of the Apostles as "King Agrippa" before whom Paul of Tarsus defended himself

• Herodes Atticus (AD 101-177), was an unrelated Greek aristocrat who served as a Roman Senator and proponent of Sophism

Other

• Hérode et Mariamne, a tragedy, by Voltaire
• Herod (band), the name of a heavy metal band from the United States
• Herod (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse
• A herred is an administrative area in Denmark and Norway