Biblical king, not entirely one who's admired (4)
I believe the answer is:
hero
'one who's admired' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'biblical king not entirely' is the wordplay.
'biblical king' becomes 'herod' (I've seen this before).
'not entirely' means to remove the last letter (most but not all of the word).
'herod' with its last letter removed is 'HERO'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hero that I've seen before include "victor" , "Book's chief character" , "One shows exceptional courage" , "Main protagonist" , "Star" .)