Salome
Salome [1]
sa - lō´mḗ ( Σαλώμη , Salṓmē ):
(1) One of the holy women who companied with Jesus in Galilee, and ministered to Him ( Mark 15:40 , Mark 15:41 ). She was present at the crucifixion ( Mark 15:40 ), and was among those who came to the tomb of Jesus on the resurrection morning ( Mark 16:1 , Mark 16:2 ). Comparison with Matthew 27:56 clearly identifies her with the wife of Zebedee. It is she, therefore, whose ambitious request for her sons James and John is recorded in Matthew 20:20-24; Mark 10:35-40 . From John 19:25 many infer that she was a sister of Mary, the mother of Jesus (thus Meyer, Luthardt, Alford); others (as Godet) dispute the inference.
(2) Salome was the name of the daughter of Herodias who danced before Herod, and obtained as reward the head of John the Baptist ( Matthew 14:3-11; Mark 6:17-28; compare Josephus, Ant. , Xviii , v, 4). She is not named in the Gospels.
