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Biblical king, not entirely one who's admired (4)

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hero

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'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'.

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(Other definitions for hero that I've seen before include "victor" , "Book's chief character" , "One shows exceptional courage" , "Main protagonist" , "Star" .)

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