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. 2 Chronicles 34:3יְהוּדָה֙ · Judah
    In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.
  2. 2 Chronicles 34:5יְהוּדָ֖ה · Judah
    Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
  3. 2 Chronicles 34:9יְהוּדָ֖ה · Judah
    So they went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who guarded the doors had collected from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim, from all the remnant of Israel, from all Judah and Benjamin, and from the people of Jerusalem.
  4. 2 Chronicles 34:11יְהוּדָֽה׃ · of Judah
    They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to deteriorate.
  5. 2 Chronicles 34:21וּבִֽיהוּדָ֔ה · and Judah
    “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 34:24יְהוּדָֽה׃ · of Judah
    …that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,
  7. 2 Chronicles 34:26יְהוּדָ֗ה · of Judah
    But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for the words that you heard,
  8. 2 Chronicles 34:29יְהוּדָ֖ה · of Judah
    Then the king summoned all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
  9. 2 Chronicles 34:30יְהוּדָ֜ה · of Judah
    And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
  10. 2 Chronicles 35:18יְהוּדָה֙ · Judah
    No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.
  11. 2 Chronicles 35:21יְהוּדָ֗ה · of Judah
    But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty, and God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”
  12. 2 Chronicles 35:24יְהוּדָה֙ · Judah
    So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
  13. 2 Chronicles 35:27וִיהוּדָֽה׃ · and Judah
    …his acts from beginning to end—they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
  14. 2 Chronicles 36:4יְהוּדָה֙ · Judah
    Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
  15. 2 Chronicles 36:8וִֽיהוּדָ֑ה · and Judah
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
  16. 2 Chronicles 36:10יְהוּדָ֖ה · Judah
    In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
  17. 2 Chronicles 36:23בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה · in Judah
    “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”
  18. Ezra 1:2בִּֽיהוּדָֽה׃ · in Judah
    “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
  19. Ezra 1:3בִּיהוּדָ֑ה · in Judah
    Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
  20. Ezra 1:5לִֽיהוּדָה֙ · of Judah
    So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.
  21. Ezra 1:8לִיהוּדָֽה׃ · of Judah
    Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
  22. Ezra 2:1וִֽיהוּדָ֖ה · and Judah
    Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
  23. Ezra 3:9יְהוּדָה֙ · of Yehudah
    So Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.
  24. Ezra 4:1יְהוּדָ֖ה · of Judah
    When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
  25. Ezra 4:4יְהוּדָ֑ה · of Judah
    Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.
  26. Ezra 4:6יְהוּדָ֖ה · of Judah
    At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
  27. Ezra 9:9בִּֽיהוּדָ֖ה · in Judah
    Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
  28. Ezra 10:7בִּיהוּדָ֣ה · throughout Judah
    And a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.
  29. Ezra 10:9יְהוּדָה֩ · of Judah
    So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
  30. Ezra 10:23יְהוּדָ֖ה · Judah
    Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
  31. Nehemiah 1:2מִֽיהוּדָ֑ה · from Judah
    Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.
  32. Nehemiah 2:5יְהוּדָ֗ה · Judah
    …and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
  33. Nehemiah 2:7יְהוּדָֽה׃ · Judah
    I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.
  34. Nehemiah 4:10יְהוּדָ֗ה · Meanwhile, the people of Judah
    Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
  35. Nehemiah 4:16יְהוּדָֽה׃ · of Judah
    And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah
  36. Nehemiah 5:14יְהוּדָה֒ · of Judah
    Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
  37. Nehemiah 6:7בִּֽיהוּדָ֔ה · in Judah
    …and you have even appointed prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim on your behalf: ‘There is a king in Judah.’ Soon these rumors will reach the ears of the king. So come, let us confer together.”
  38. Nehemiah 6:17יְהוּדָה֙ · of Judah
    Also in those days, the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters kept coming to them.
  39. Nehemiah 6:18בִּֽיהוּדָ֗ה · in Judah
    For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, since he was a son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.
  40. Nehemiah 7:6וְלִיהוּדָ֖ה · and Judah
    These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
  41. Nehemiah 11:3יְהוּדָ֗ה · of Judah, however
    These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
  42. Nehemiah 11:4 (2×)יְהוּדָ֖ה · of Judah; יְ֠הוּדָה · of Judah
    …while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;
  43. Nehemiah 11:9וִיהוּדָ֧ה · and Judah
    Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Second District of the city.
  44. Nehemiah 11:20יְהוּדָ֔ה · of Judah
    The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inheritance.
  45. Nehemiah 11:24יְהוּדָה֙ · of Judah
    Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.
  46. Nehemiah 11:25יְהוּדָ֗ה · of Judah
    As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;
  47. Nehemiah 11:36יְהוּדָ֖ה · of Judah
    And some divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.
  48. Nehemiah 12:8יְהוּדָ֣ה · Judah
    The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.
  49. Nehemiah 12:31יְהוּדָ֔ה · of Judah
    Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and I appointed two great thanksgiving choirs. One was to proceed along the top of the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate.