Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun herod_the_great

1 sense of herod the great

Sense 1
Herod, Herod the Great -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> king, male monarch, Rex -- (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)