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 Roman Iudaea Province:
- Herod the Great (c. 74-4 BC), King of the Jews who reconstructed the Second Temple (Herod's Temple) in Jerusalem.
- 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 was described in the New Testament as ordering John the Baptist's death and as mocking Jesus
- Herod Agrippa I (c. 10 BC-AD 44), king of Judea, called "Herod" in the Acts of the Apostles
- Herod II, sometimes called Herod Philip I, father of Salome
- Herod Philip II (4 BC-AD 34), tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis
- 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
Other
- Hérode et Mariamne, a tragedy, by Voltaire
- Herod (band), the name of a heavy metal band from the United States
- Herod, a thoroughbred racehorse
- A herred is an administrative area in Denmark and Norway
- IAI Herod - a hunter-killer unmanned aerial vehicle
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