herod the great herod • herodian · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · herod the great · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 15 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) 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). Synonyms: Herod, Herod the Great. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 g latin small letter g U+0067 h latin small letter h U+0068 o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074