1. king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC); [syn: Herod, Herod the Great]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Herod
n 1: king of Judea who (according to the New Testament) tried to
kill Jesus by ordering the death of all children under age
two in Bethlehem (73-4 BC) [syn: Herod, Herod the
Great]