Salome — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

Name deriving from the Hebrew greeting shalom (peace), with the additional letter being a Greek suffix.

1. Woman who followed Jesus and was perhaps Mary’s sister and the mother of James and John. In Mark 15:40, the evangelist describes the women who stood at the foot of the cross, and names three of them: Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the lesser and of Joses, and Salome. Similarly, when describing the women who arrived at the tomb at dawn, Mark recounts that Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome had brought spices to anoint the body (Mk 16:1). Matthew speaks of two women named Mary, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee, who could have been Salome (Mt 27:56). John speaks of four women: (1) Mary the mother of Jesus; (2) Mary the wife of Clopas; (3) Mary Magdalene; and (4) Mary’s sister—unnamed (Jn 19:25). If Mary’s sister was Salome, and she and the mother of the sons of Zebedee were one and the same, then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, were cousins of Jesus.

Show passage in OET: MRK 15:40

OET-RV MRK 15:40

40 Further back, there was also a group of women observing everything. They included Miryam (Grk. Maria /Mariam) from Magdala, Miryam the mother of young Ya’akov (James; Grk. Yakobos) and Yoseh, and Salome,

OET-LV MRK 15:40

40 And were also women observing from afar, among whom both Maria/(Miryām) the from _Magdala, and Maria the mother of_Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) the little and of_Yōsaʸs/(Yōşēf?
), and Salōmaʸ,

Show passage in OET: MRK 16:1

OET-RV MRK 16:1

16 After the Rest Day was over, Miryam (Grk. Maria /Mariam) from Magdala, Miryam the mother of Ya’akov (James; Grk. Yakobos), and Salome, all went and bought some traditional burial spices that evening to take to the burial chamber and place with the body.

OET-LV MRK 16:1

16 And the day _of _rest having _elapsed, the Maria/(Miryām) the from _Magdala and Maria the mother of_ the _Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ), and Salōmaʸ, bought spices in _order _that having _come, they _may _anoint him.

Show passage in OET: MAT 27:56

OET-RV MAT 27:56

56 including Miryam (Grk. Maria /Mariam) from Magdala, Miryam the mother of Ya’akov (James; Grk. Yakobos) and Yosef (Joseph), and Zavday’s (Grk. Zebedaios’) wife—the mother of Ya’akov and Yohan (John; Grk. Yoannes).

OET-LV MAT 27:56

56 among whom was Maria/(Miryām) the from _Magdala, and Maria the mother of_ the _Yakōbos/(Yaˊₐqoⱱ) and of_Yōsaʸs/(Yōşēf?
), and the mother of _the sons of _Zebedaios.

Show passage in OET: JHN 19:25

OET-RV JHN 19:25

25 Meanwhile a group of women had stayed standing near Yeshua on the post: his mother and his aunt, Miryam (Grk. Maria /Mariam) the wife of Klopas, and Miryam from Magdala.

OET-LV JHN 19:25

25 On _the _other _hand the mother of _him had _stood by the stake of_ the _Yaʸsous, and the sister of _the mother of _him, Maria/(Miryām) the wife of_ the _Clopas, and Maria the from _Magdala.

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2. Daughter of Herodias, from her first marriage to Herod Philip. Although not specifically named in Matthew 14:6 or Mark 6:22, she is traditionally believed to be the girl whose dancing so pleased Herod that he promised her on oath anything she asked for up to half his kingdom. Prompted by her mother, she demanded the head of John the Baptist.