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SALOME.—1. The daughter (unnamed in NT) of Herodias. who danced before Herod and received as a reward the head of John the Baptist (Mat_14:3-11, Mar_6:17-20). 2. One of the women who were present at the crucifixion (Mar_15:40) and who afterwards visited the sepulchre (Mar_16:1). By comparing Mar_15:40 and Mat_27:66 it has been almost certainly concluded that Salome was the wife of Zebedee, who also figures in the Incident Mat_20:20-23. The conjecture that Salome was the sister of Mary the mother of Jesus has no adequate support.
W. F. Boyd.