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Meaning and etymology of the name Herodias
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Herodias 
Herodias is the granddaughter of Herod the Great, mother of Salome and grandmother of Agrippa the Second, Bernice and Drusilla.
Herodias is mentioned by Matthew (14:3), Mark (6:17) and Luke (3:19), but only in relation to John the Baptist, who disproved of her incestuous relationship with her uncle Herod Antipas, for which she left her husband Philip Herod, the brother of Antipas. John seems to have personally informed Herod Antipas of his disapproval of this abominable transaction, and Herod has him imprisoned. When Salome dances before Herod and he grants her whatever she will ask, Herodias entices her to ask for the head of John on a platter.
The name Herodias is a feminized version of the name Herod, but no certainty about the etymology of that name exists. Some say it's a contracted form of the words  (heros), meaning hero or warrior, and  (oides), meaning ode, which would give the name Herodias the meaning of Ode To A Hero.
The Herodian family originated from Idhumea, or Edom, and quite close to their territory lies the city of Arad. In Hebrew this name is spelled  and the Septuagint spells it  . But the personal name Er, which is spelled  - identical to the first two letters of the Hebrew version of Arad, is spelled  in Greek, which is similar to the first two letters of the name Herod.
The root does not occur in the Hebrew Bible, but in but in Chaldean exists an identical noun meaning Wild Ass. The Syrian Ethiopian cognate means to be untamed and the cognate Arabic verb means to flee. These words may even be related to the Hebrew verb  (rud) meaning to wander or roam. Most of the occurrences of this word in Scripture have to do with the mere conclusion that the speaker is restless and wandering (Genesis 27:40, Hosea 12:1)
The name Herodias may also be understood to mean Freedom.
A related name is Herodion.
Other possible related names are
Arad,
Arod(i),
Ard,
Ardon,
Arvad(ite),
Aridai and
Aridatha.
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