יְהוּדָה

ye.hu.dahJudah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man819 occurrences33 books754 verses
This name belongs to 8 different people and places in the Bible:
  • Hodaviah: A Levite who returned from exile
  • Hodiah: A Levite involved in teaching and worship
  • Judah: A Levite who married a foreign woman
  • Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province
  • Judah: Leader of Judahites living in Jerusalem
  • Judah: A priest who participated in the dedication ceremony
  • Judah: A Levite who participated in the dedication ceremony
  • Judea: The southern region of Israel, centered around Jerusalem

Definition

from H3034; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
Traditional renderings: Judah.

Glossary entries

David Jew Judah (Person) Juda (Person) Judea, Judeans Hodiah, Hodijah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

819 total
  1. Genesis 29:35יְהוּדָ֑ה · Judah
    And once more she conceived and gave birth to a son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then Leah stopped having children.
  2. Genesis 35:23וִֽיהוּדָ֔ה · Judah
    The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
  3. Genesis 37:26יְהוּדָ֖ה · Then Judah
    Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
  4. Genesis 38:1יְהוּדָ֖ה · Judah
    About that time, Judah left his brothers and settled near a man named Hirah, an Adullamite.
  5. Genesis 38:2יְהוּדָ֛ה · Judah
    There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
  6. Genesis 38:6יְהוּדָ֛ה · Now Judah
    Now Judah acquired a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
  7. Genesis 38:7יְהוּדָ֔ה · Judah’s
    But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
  8. Genesis 38:8יְהוּדָה֙ · Then Judah
    Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
  9. Genesis 38:11יְהוּדָה֩ · Then Judah
    Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Live as a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He may die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.
  10. Genesis 38:12 (2×)יְהוּדָ֑ה · Judah’s; יְהוּדָ֗ה · When Judah
    After a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.
  11. Genesis 38:15יְהוּדָ֔ה · When Judah
    When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face.
  12. Genesis 38:20יְהוּדָ֜ה · Now when Judah
    Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
  13. Genesis 38:22יְהוּדָ֔ה · Judah
    So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
  14. Genesis 38:23יְהוּדָה֙ · Judah
    “Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
  15. Genesis 38:24 (2×)לִֽיהוּדָ֤ה · Judah; יְהוּדָ֔ה · Judah
    About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”
  16. Genesis 38:26יְהוּדָ֗ה · Judah
    Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
  17. Genesis 43:3יְהוּדָ֖ה · But Judah
    But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
  18. Genesis 43:8יְהוּדָ֜ה · And Judah
    And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
  19. Genesis 44:14יְהוּדָ֤ה · When Judah
    When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.
  20. Genesis 44:16יְהוּדָ֗ה · Judah
    “What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
  21. Genesis 44:18יְהוּדָ֗ה · Then Judah
    Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
  22. Genesis 46:12יְהוּדָ֗ה · of Judah
    The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
  23. Genesis 46:28יְהוּדָ֞ה · Judah
    Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to get directions to Goshen. When Jacob’s family arrived in the land of Goshen,
  24. Genesis 49:8יְהוּדָ֗ה · Judah
    Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your father’s sons shall bow down to you.
  25. Genesis 49:9יְהוּדָ֔ה · Judah
    Judah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
  26. Genesis 49:10מִֽיהוּדָ֔ה · from Judah
    The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
  27. Exodus 1:2וִיהוּדָֽה׃ · and Judah
    Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
  28. Exodus 31:2יְהוּדָֽה׃ · of Judah
    “See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
  29. Exodus 35:30יְהוּדָֽה׃ · of Judah
    Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
  30. Exodus 38:22יְהוּדָ֑ה · of Judah
    Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses.
  31. Numbers 1:7לִֽיהוּדָ֕ה · from Judah
    …from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
  32. Numbers 1:26יְהוּדָ֔ה · of Judah
    From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,
  33. Numbers 1:27יְהוּדָ֑ה · of Judah
    …those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.
  34. Numbers 2:3 (2×)יְהוּדָ֖ה · of Judah; יְהוּדָ֔ה · of the Judahites
    On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Judahites is Nahshon son of Amminadab,
  35. Numbers 2:9יְהוּדָ֗ה · of Judah
    The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
  36. Numbers 7:12יְהוּדָֽה׃ · of Judah
    On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah drew near with his offering.
  37. Numbers 10:14יְהוּדָ֛ה
    First, the divisions of the camp of Judah set out under their standard, with Nahshon son of Amminadab in command.
  38. Numbers 13:6יְהוּדָ֔ה · of Judah
    …from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
  39. Numbers 26:19יְהוּדָ֖ה · of Judah
    The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
  40. Numbers 26:20יְהוּדָה֮ · of Judah
    These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, and the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
  41. Numbers 26:22יְהוּדָ֖ה · of Judah
    These were the clans of Judah, and their registration numbered 76,500.
  42. Numbers 34:19יְהוּדָ֔ה · of Judah
    These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;
  43. Deuteronomy 27:12וִֽיהוּדָ֔ה · Judah
    “When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.
  44. Deuteronomy 33:7 (2×)לִֽיהוּדָה֮ · concerning Judah; יְהוּדָ֔ה · of Judah
    And concerning Judah he said: “O LORD, hear the cry of Judah and bring him to his people. With his own hands he defends his cause, but may You be a help against his foes.”
  45. Deuteronomy 34:2יְהוּדָ֔ה · of Judah
    …all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea,
  46. Joshua 7:1יְהוּדָה֙ · of Judah
    The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.