Herodes is a personal name used for figures who act as rulers or are named in official, familial, and court settings.

The term functions as a personal name, most often identifying a figure who acts within rulership, custody, judgment, or opposition narratives; it also occurs in possessive and jurisdictional expressions connected with that named figure.

1. Personal name in narrative and official references · dominant

   The nominative form identifies the named actor in accounts of seeking, imprisoning, judging, or speaking: in Matthew 2:13 the APB renders that Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him, and in Acts 12:21 it renders him seated on a judgment seat and giving a speech. Other forms mark association with the same named figure: Luke 23:7 renders someone as under Herod's jurisdiction and sent to Herod, while Acts 23:35 renders a place as Herod's praetorium.

   Matthew 2:13Matthew 2:16Mark 6:17Luke 23:7Acts 12:21Acts 23:35

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB regularly presents the name as “Herod,” sometimes alongside titles or possessive expressions such as “Herod's praetorium.” Those surrounding descriptions should not be treated as separate meanings of the name itself.