This is the name of Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province.
Definition
Ἰούδα, (a) Ἰουδαῖος, ὁ, a Jew: John 4:9, Acts 18:24, Romans 2:28; pl., Revelation 2:9; 3:9; οἱ Ἰ., Matthew 2:2, Mark 7:3, John 2:6, al.; Ἰ. τε καὶ Ἕλληνες, Acts 14:1, al.; κ. προσήλυτοι, Acts 2:10; ἔθνη τε κ. Ἰ., Acts 14:5; οἱ κατὰ τὰ ἔθνη, Acts 21:21; of Jewish Christians, Galatians 2:13; of the ruling class who opposed Jesus, John 1:19; 2:18; 5:10; 11:8; 13:33, al.;
(b) Ἰουδαία, -ας, ἡ (sc. γῆ, χώρα, cf. John 3:22, Mark 1:5), (Heb. יְהוּדָה), Judæa: Matthew 2:1, Luke 1:5, John 4:3, al.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
10 total
- Matthew 2:6 (2×)Ἰούδα · of Judah; Ἰούδα · of Judah‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”
- Luke 1:39Ἰούδα · of JudahIn those days Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah,
- Luke 3:26Ἰωδὰ · of Joda…the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
- Luke 3:30Ἰούδα · of Judah…the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
- Luke 3:33Ἰούδα · of Judah…the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
- Hebrews 7:14Ἰούδα · JudahFor it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.
- Hebrews 8:8Ἰούδα · of JudahBut God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
- Revelation 5:5Ἰούδα · of JudahThen one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- Revelation 7:5Ἰούδα · of JudahFrom the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,