Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head of John the Baptist;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Salome
n 1: woman whose dancing beguiled Herod into giving her the head
of John the Baptist
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Salome
perfect. (1.) The wife of Zebedee and mother of James and John
(Mat. 27:56), and probably the sister of Mary, the mother of our
Lord (John 19:25). She sought for her sons places of honour in
Christ's kingdom (Matt. 20:20, 21; comp. 19:28). She witnessed
the crucifixion (Mark 15:40), and was present with the other
women at the sepulchre (Matt. 27:56).
(2.) "The daughter of Herodias," not named in the New
Testament. On the occasion of the birthday festival held by
Herod Antipas, who had married her mother Herodias, in the
fortress of Machaerus, she "came in and danced, and pleased
Herod" (Mark 6:14-29). John the Baptist, at that time a prisoner
in the dungeons underneath the castle, was at her request
beheaded by order of Herod, and his head given to the damsel in
a charger, "and the damsel gave it to her mother," whose
revengeful spirit was thus gratified. "A luxurious feast of the
period" (says Farrar, Life of Christ) "was not regarded as
complete unless it closed with some gross pantomimic
representation; and doubtless Herod had adopted the evil fashion
of his day. But he had not anticipated for his guests the rare
luxury of seeing a princess, his own niece, a grand-daughter of
Herod the Great and of Mariamne, a descendant, therefore, of
Simon the high priest and the great line of Maccabean princes, a
princess who afterwards became the wife of a tetrarch [Philip,
tetrarch of Trachonitis] and the mother of a king, honouring
them by degrading herself into a scenic dancer."
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):
Salome, same as Salmon
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Salome, AZ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Arizona
Population (2000): 1690
Housing Units (2000): 1176
Land area (2000): 27.415788 sq. miles (71.006561 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 27.415788 sq. miles (71.006561 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62700
Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location: 33.763728 N, 113.608555 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 85348
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Salome, AZ
Salome