Berenice (daughter of Costobarus and Salome)

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Judean noblewoman historical person member of the Herodian dynasty

Berenice, daughter of Costobarus and Salome, was a Judean noblewoman of the Herodian dynasty and the mother of Herodias, who played a notable role in New Testament events.

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Label Occurrences
Berenice (daughter of Costobarus and Salome) canonical 5
Berenice (daughter of Salome) 1

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Judean noblewoman ⓘ
historical person ⓘ
member of the Herodian dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith Herodian ⓘ
surface form: Herodian court
auntOrNieceRelation niece of Herod the Great ⓘ
child Herodias ⓘ
dynasticAffiliation Herodian dynasty ⓘ
ethnicity Idumean ⓘ
Judean ⓘ
familyConnection Costobarid family of Idumea ⓘ
father Costobarus ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
grandparent Herod II (Herod Philip) and/or Aristobulus-related descendants (disputed) ⓘ
Salome (daughter of Herod II) ⓘ
surface form: Salome (daughter of Herodias)
historicalCertainty attested primarily through Josephus ⓘ
historicalContext late Hasmonean and early Roman rule over Judea ⓘ
languageContext lived in a Hellenistic and Judean cultural milieu ⓘ
maternalGrandfather unknown (not clearly recorded in surviving sources) ⓘ
mother Salome (sister of Herod the Great) ⓘ
nameOrigin Greek ⓘ
nameVariant Bernice ⓘ
notableRelative Herod the Great ⓘ
paternalGrandfather possibly Costobarus I (Idumean noble, uncertain) ⓘ
politicalSignificance linked to Herodian and Idumean power networks through birth and marriage of her descendants ⓘ
region Judea ⓘ
relative Herodias ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
roleInBiblicalHistory mother of Herodias, who is associated with the execution of John the Baptist in the New Testament ⓘ
socialStatus aristocracy ⓘ
royal kin ⓘ
source Antiquities of the Jews ⓘ
surface form: Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews

Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" ⓘ
surface form: Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War
timePeriod 1st century BCE ⓘ
early 1st century CE ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Herodias → mother → Berenice (daughter of Costobarus and Salome) ⓘ
Herod Agrippa I → mother → Berenice (daughter of Costobarus and Salome) ⓘ
Aristobulus III of Judea → spouse → Berenice (daughter of Costobarus and Salome) ⓘ
Aristobulus IV → spouse → Berenice (daughter of Costobarus and Salome) ⓘ
Agrippa → mother → Berenice (daughter of Costobarus and Salome) ⓘ
subject surface form: Herod Agrippa I
Herod of Chalcis → mother → Berenice (daughter of Costobarus and Salome) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Berenice (daughter of Salome)