{"def":{"lit":"heroic","short":"Herodias, a woman of the Heodian family","long":["daughter of Aristobulus and granddaughter of Herod the Great"]},"deriv":"from G2264","pronun":{"ipa":"he.ro.ðiˈɑs","ipa_mod":"e̞.row.ðiˈɑs","sbl":"hērōdias","dic":"hay-roh-thee-AS","dic_mod":"ay-roh-thee-AS"},"see":["G2264"],"comment":"She was first married to Herod Philip I, son of Herod the Great, but afterwards formed an unlawful union with Herod Antipas, whom she induced not only to slay John the Baptist but also to make the journey to Rome which ruined him. In the end, she followed him to exile in Gaul."}