<strong>SALOME</strong> (sa-lō'mē, Gr. <em>Salōmē</em>, fem. of Solomon)<br /><br />

The wife of Zebedee, and mother of James and John (cf. <bibleref ref="Matt.27.56">Matt.27.56</bibleref> with <bibleref ref="Mark.15.40">Mark.15.40</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Mark.16.1">Mark.16.1</bibleref>). She was one of the women who accompanied Jesus in Galilee to care for his needs (<bibleref ref="Mark.15.40-Mark.15.41">Mark.15.40-Mark.15.41</bibleref>). She was present at the crucifixion of Jesus and was among those who at Easter morning came to the tomb to anoint the dead body of their Lord (<bibleref ref="Mark.16.1">Mark.16.1</bibleref>).The daughter of Herodias, and the grandniece of Herod Antipas. Her dancing before Herod pleased him so much that as a reward she was given the head of <span class="auto-link">[[John the Baptist]]</span> (<bibleref ref="Matt.14.3-Matt.14.11">Matt.14.3-Matt.14.11</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Mark.6.17-Mark.6.28">Mark.6.17-Mark.6.28</bibleref>). Her name is not given in the Gospels (but see Josephus, <em>Antiq.</em> 17.5.4).<br /><br />

2. The daughter of Herodias and Herod Philip (Jos. Antiq. xviii. 5. 4), but unnamed in the gospels. Because her dancing before Herod Antipas, her father’s half-brother, pleased him so much, he promised to grant her whatever request she might make. Prompted by her mother, she asked for the head of <span class="auto-link">[[John the Baptist]]</span> who had rebuked the subsequent marriage of Herodias and Antipas (<bibleref ref="Matt.14.3-Matt.14.11">Matt 14:3-11</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Mark.6.16-Mark.6.28">Mark 6:16-28</bibleref>). Salome became wife first to her uncle Philip, tetrarch of Trachonitis (<bibleref ref="Luke.3.1">Luke 3:1</bibleref>) and then to her cousin Aristobulus, son of Herod, king of Chalcis.

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

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(2) Salome was the name of the daughter of Herodias who danced before Herod, and obtained as reward the head of <span class="auto-link">[[John the Baptist]]</span> (<bibleref ref="Matt.14.3-Matt.14.11">Mt 14:3-11</bibleref>; <bibleref ref="Mark.6.17-Mark.6.28">Mr 6:17-28</bibleref>; compare Josephus, Ant, XVIII, v, 4). She is not named in the Gospels.