[B-Greek] meaning of the name "Herod"

Tony Larsson tony.larsson at cling.gu.se
Wed Feb 13 13:53:03 EST 2008


Dear everyone,


can you give your opinions on the etymology of the name Herod? I have 
seen two options:

1) Thayer argues for the addition of a iota subscript to make it 
equivalent to Hrwidhs "son of a hero".
2) The ISBE Bible dictionary simply says "heroic".

So, what does the -idhs ending mean here? Is the emphasis on a physical 
descent of heroes, or a more associative focus on the heroic attribute 
thus being possessed also by the bearer himself? Thanks for your opinions.

Erroso,

Tony




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