יְהוּדָה
Judah
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H3063 appears in the Book of 1 Chronicles — 22 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 2:1 וִ/יהוּדָ֔ה conj + n Proper These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
- 1 Chronicles 2:3 יְהוּדָ֗ה יְהוּדָ֗ה n Proper n Proper The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he killed him.
- 1 Chronicles 2:4 יְהוּדָ֖ה n Proper Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
- 1 Chronicles 2:10 יְהוּדָֽה n Proper Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
- 1 Chronicles 4:1 יְהוּדָ֑ה n Proper The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
- 1 Chronicles 4:21 יְהוּדָ֔ה n Proper The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
- 1 Chronicles 4:27 יְהוּדָֽה n Proper Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn't have many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 4:41 יְהוּדָ֗ה n Proper These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents, and the Meunim who were found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
- 1 Chronicles 5:2 יְהוּדָה֙ n Proper For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
- 1 Chronicles 5:17 יְהוּדָ֑ה n Proper All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 6:15 יְהוּדָ֖ה n Proper Jehozadak went [into captivity], when Yahweh carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
- 1 Chronicles 6:55 יְהוּדָ֑ה n Proper to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs of it round about it;
- 1 Chronicles 6:65 יְהוּדָה֙ n Proper They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.
- 1 Chronicles 9:1 וִ/יהוּדָ֛ה conj + n Proper So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their disobedience.
- 1 Chronicles 9:3 יְהוּדָ֖ה n Proper In Jerusalem lived of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:
- 1 Chronicles 9:4 יְהוּדָֽה n Proper Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 12:16 וִֽ/יהוּדָ֔ה conj + n Proper There came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.
- 1 Chronicles 12:24 יְהוּדָ֔ה n Proper The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.
- 1 Chronicles 13:6 לִ/יהוּדָ֑ה prep + n Proper David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God Yahweh that sits [above] the cherubim, that is called by the Name.
- 1 Chronicles 21:5 וִֽ/יהוּדָ֕ה conj + n Proper Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew sword: and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew sword.
- 1 Chronicles 27:18 לִֽ/יהוּדָ֕ה prep + n Proper of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
- 1 Chronicles 28:4 בִֽ/יהוּדָה֙ יְהוּדָ֖ה prep + n Proper n Proper However Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel;
About this entry
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יהודה (Yᵉhûwdâh) is a Hebrew name most often rendered “Judah.” Debuting at Genesis 29:35, it then recurs through the corpus. With 754 verses in 33 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. For the data behind this summary, explore 754-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3063 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 754
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 754 distinct verses.
- 33 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 33 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #56
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 56 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 754 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Jeremiah 165 verses 22%
- 2 Chronicles 145 verses 19%
- 2 Kings 88 verses 12%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 754 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 477 verses · 63%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 232 verses · 31%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 45 verses · 6%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Judah 705×, All judah 24×, Against judah 12×
- American Standard Version: Judah 689×, All judah 22×, Against judah 11×
- Berean Standard Bible: Judah 746×, Over judah 21×, Judah’s 7×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Judah 698×, Against judah 8×, Is to judah 4×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3063 across 808 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 31 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 10 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3063 across 806 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 52 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3063 across 812 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 7 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3063 across 728 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 11 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
9 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 9 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- I. n.pr.m.
- 1. son of Jacob and Leah, expl. by Leah’s words I will praise י׳ Gn 29:35 (J); cf. Jacob’s prediction, thy brethren shall praise thee Gn 49:8 (poem in JE), see also v 9, 10; elsewhere Gn 37:26; 38:1 + 14 times Gn 38, 43:3, 8; 44:14, 16, 18; 46:28 (all J), 35:23 (P), 1 Ch 2:1, 3 Ru 4:12; בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה sons of Judah Gn 46:12 Nu 26:19 (P), 1 Ch 2:3, 4; 4:1. e.g. Genesis 29:35
- 2. tribe descended from Judah Dt 33:7 (poem), Nu 1:7 (P), Dt 27:12 +; בְּנֵי יהודה Nu 1:26 (P), Jos 14:6 (D), Ju 1:8 +; שֵׁבֶט יהודה Jos 7:16 (J), 1 K 12:20 2 K 17:18 ψ 78:68; מַטֵּה בְנֵי יהודה Jos 15:1, 20, 21; 21:9 (all P), 1 Ch 6:50; elsewhere מַטֵּה יהודה Ex 31:2; 35:30; 38:22 Nu 1:27; 7:12; 13:6; 34:19 Jos 7:1, 18; 21:4 (all P); אישׁ יהודה Ju 15:10 +; אנשׁי יהודה 2 S 2:4 +, (cf. amelûti [ṣabê] Ia-u-du Tel el-AmarnaNo. 39 JastrJBL xii, 1893, 64). e.g. Deuteronomy 33:7
- 3. nation, of southern kingdom under dynasty of David, as distinguished from northern kingdom of Ephraim or Israel: Ho 4:15 Je 2:28 2 Ch 12:12 +; of the returned exiles Ne 4:4; עַם יהודה 2 K 14:21 = 2 Ch 26:1, Je 25:1, 2 Ezr 4:4; בְּנֵי יהודה Ho 2:2 Je 7:30 2 Ch 13:18; 25:12; 28:10; בֵּית יהודה Ho 1:7 Je 3:18 Ez 4:6 +; מַלְכוּת יהודה 2 Ch 11:17; personified, בַּת י׳ La 1:15; 2:2, 5. e.g. Hosea 4:15
- 4. Levite, Ezra’s time, Ezr 10:23. e.g. Ezra 10:23
- 5. an overseer of Jerus. Ne 11:9. e.g. Nehemiah 11:9
- 6. Levite musician Ne 12:8. e.g. Nehemiah 12:8
- 7. priest Ne 12:36. e.g. Nehemiah 12:36
- II. n.pr.terr. land of Judah, f. Is 7:6 Je 23:6 = 33:16, Jo 4:30 ψ 114:2 +; ארץ יְהוּדֶה 1 S 22:5 2 K 23:24 +; אדמת יהודה Is 19:17; עָרֵי יהודה 2 S 2:1 1 K 12:17 2 K 18:13; 23:5, 8 Is 40:9; 44:26 Zc 1:12 ψ 69:36 La 5:11; also 15 times Chr., 23 times Jer.; בִּיהודה Jos 19:34 Ju 15:9 +; מיהודה 1 K 13:1 +; הר יהודה the hill-country of Judah Jos 11:21 (D), 20:7; 21:11 (P), 2 Ch 27:4; נֶגֶב יהודה the south (country) of Judah 1 S 27:10. 2 S 24:7; מדבר יהודה Ju 1:16 ψ 63:1 (title). e.g. Isaiah 7:6
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.pr.m. et terr. Judah (treated Gn 29:35; 49:8 (q.v. infr.) as if der. from Hoph. of ידה = praised, object of praise (on ה cf. Hiph. אֲהוֹדֶ֑נּוּ ψ 28:7, יְהוֹדֶה Ne 11:17), but this dubious; relation to יְהֻד, ii. יְהוּדִית unexpl.; v. further JastrJBL xii, 1893, 61 ff.; Assyrian Ia-u-du, of land; Ia-u-da-ai, Judaean COTGloss)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from ידה (yâdâh) (H3034) — to throw.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יְהוּדָה
- (b. h.) pr. n. Judah,
- 1. son of Jacob; tribe of Judah. Pes. 50ᵃ. Yoma 12ᵃ, a. e. מחלקו של י׳ from the area of Judah.—Gen. R. s. 85; a. v. fr.
- 2. name of several Tannaim; a) R. J. b. B’thera in Babylonia Ber. 22ᵃ; a. fr.—b) J. b. Tabbai, chief of the Sanhedrin in the days of queen Salome. Ab. I, 8. Ḥag. II, 2; a. fr.—c) R. J. the priest. Eduy. VIII, 3.—d) R. J. b. Baba. Ib. 2. Sabb. 62ᵇ; a. fr.—e) R. J. b. Ilai, usu. mentioned in the Mishnah as R. J. only. Ber. 63ᵇ; Sabb. 33ᵇ. Men. 103ᵇ; a. v. fr.—f) R. J. b. Tema. Ab. V, 20. Erub. 17ᵃ; Tosef. ib. III (II), 6 (ed. Zuck. בתירה). Tosef. Gitt. VII (V), 8; a. fr.; a. others (v. Fr. Darkhé, p. 42; p. 137).—Esp. R. J. han-Nasi I a. II, surnamed Rabbi, v. רַבִּי.
- 3. name of several Amoraim, the most renowned of whom is R. J. (b. Ezekiel), a Babylonian. Keth. 110ᵇ bot.—Y. Taan. I, 64ᵇ top; a. fr.—V. Fr. M’bo p. 91ᵃ
- 4. Judaea, the southern province of Palestine. Keth. I, 5 (12ᵃ); Tosef. ib. I, 4. Kidd. 6ᵃ; a. v. fr.
יוּדָה
- Y. Ber. III, 6ᵃ bot.; a. fr.—V. Frank. M’bo, p. 92ᵃ, sq. V. יוּדָן.
יוּדָן
- q. v. Y. Ber. III, 6ᵃ bot., a. fr. ר׳ י׳ נשייא R. J. (II), the Nasi; (V. Fr. M’bo p. 92ᵃ, sq.).—Pesik. R. s. 14 ר׳ י׳.—Gen. R. s. 10 אבא י׳ (abbr. אַבְדָּן q. v.).—Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ top. Ib. IX, 14ᵃ top; a. v. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 84 distinct written forms H3063 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוּדָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Amos 2:4 | 146 |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | Amos 7:12 | 111 |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 8:1 | 95 |
| יְהוּדָֽה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 31:2 | 88 |
| יְהוּדָה֙ | Noun, Proper | Daniel 9:7 | 67 |
| יְהוּדָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Amos 1:1 | 65 |
| יְהוּדָ֛ה | Noun, Proper | Genesis 38:2 | 25 |
| יְהוּדָ֜ה | Noun, Proper | Genesis 38:20 | 23 |
| יְהוּדָ֤ה | Noun, Proper | Genesis 44:14 | 11 |
| בִּֽ/יהוּדָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 12:12 | 9 |
| יְהוּדָ֣ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 11:23 | 9 |
| בִּֽ/יהוּדָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | Amos 2:5 | 6 |
| וִ/יהוּדָֽה | Noun, Proper | Exodus 1:2 | 6 |
| וִֽ/יהוּדָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 27:12 | 6 |
| יְהוּדָ֥ה | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 21:20 | 6 |
| יְהוּדָה֩ | Noun, Proper | Ezra 10:9 | 6 |
| לִֽ/יהוּדָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 19:3 | 6 |
| יְ֠הוּדָה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 30:24 | 5 |
| לִֽ/יהוּדָה֙ | Noun, Proper | Ezra 1:5 | 5 |
| בִּ/יהוּדָֽה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 11:5 | 4 |
| וִֽ/יהוּדָה֙ | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 9:9 | 4 |
| יְהוּדָ֕ה | Noun, Proper | Hosea 6:11 | 4 |
| יְהוּדָה֮ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 25:18 | 4 |
| בִֽ/יהוּדָה֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 28:4 | 3 |
| בִּ/יהוּדָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 1:3 | 3 |
| בִּֽ/יהוּדָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 9:9 | 3 |
| בִּֽ/יהוּדָ֣ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 2:7 | 3 |
| וִֽ/יהוּדָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 36:8 | 3 |
| וִֽ/יהוּדָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 2:1 | 3 |
| וִֽ/יהוּדָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Hosea 11:12 | 3 |
| יְהוּדָ֞ה | Noun, Proper | Genesis 46:28 | 3 |
| יְהוּדָ֧ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 19:1 | 3 |
| יְהוּדָה֒ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 31:1 | 3 |
| לִ/יהוּדָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 11:14 | 3 |
| לִ/יהוּדָֽה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 1:8 | 3 |
| לִֽ/יהוּדָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 37:16 | 3 |
| בִ/יהוּדָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 28:17 | 2 |
| בִֽ/יהוּדָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 32:1 | 2 |
| בִּ/יהוּדָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 12:32 | 2 |
| בִּ/יהוּדָ֥ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 11:3 | 2 |
| בִּֽ/יהוּדָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 28:6 | 2 |
| וִ/יהוּדָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 2:1 | 2 |
| וִ/יהוּדָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 3:8 | 2 |
| וִ/יהוּדָ֥ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 25:19 | 2 |
| וִֽ/יהוּדָ֕ה | Noun, Proper | Hosea 8:14 | 2 |
| וּ/בִ֣/יהוּדָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 24:20 | 2 |
| יְ֝הוּדָ֗ה | Noun, Proper | Psalms 60:7 | 2 |
| יְהוּדָ֡ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 22:10 | 2 |
| יְהוּדָ֨ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 4:25 | 2 |
| לִ/יהוּדָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 13:6 | 2 |
| לִֽ/יהוּדָ֕ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 27:18 | 2 |
| לִֽ/יהוּדָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 30:14 | 2 |
| לִֽ/יהוּדָ֤ה | Noun, Proper | Genesis 38:24 | 2 |
| לִֽ/יהוּדָה֒ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 28:18 | 2 |
| מִ/יהוּדָֽה | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 13:12 | 2 |
| מִֽ/יהוּדָ֔ה | Noun, Proper | Genesis 49:10 | 2 |
| מִֽ/יהוּדָה֙ | Noun, Proper | 1 Kings 13:21 | 2 |
| בִֽ/יהוּדָ֣ה | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 13:15 | 1 |
| בִּ/יהוּדָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 11:10 | 1 |
| בִּ/יהוּדָ֣ה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 10:7 | 1 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 24 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3063, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- ידו Yiddôw H3035 Iddo
- ידון Yâdôwn H3036 Jadon
- ידותון Yᵉdûwthûwn H3038 Jeduthun
- ידיה Yᵉdâyâh H3042 Jedaiah
- Ιουδα Ioudá G2448 Judah
- Ιουδας Ioúdas G2455 Judas
- יהוד Yᵉhûwd H3061 Judah
- יהודי Yᵉhûwdîy H3064 Jew
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 13 — not the complete family. 8 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Judah). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Praise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah's words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: "Now will I praise [Heb. odeh] Jehovah, and she called his name Yehudah" (Gen. 29:35).
It was Judah that interposed in behalf of Joseph, so that his life was spared (Gen. 37:26, 27). He took a lead in the affairs of the family, and "prevailed above his brethren" (Gen. 43:3-10; 44:14, 16-34; 46:28; 1 Chr. 5:2).
Soon after the sale of Joseph to the Ishmaelites, Judah went to reside at Adullam, where he married a woman of Canaan. (See ONAN; TAMAR.) After the death of his wife Shuah, he returned to his father's house, and there exercised much influence over the patriarch, taking a principal part in the events which led to the whole family at length going down into Egypt. We hear nothing more of him till he received his father's blessing (Gen. 49:8-12).
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(praised, celebrated), the fourth son of Jacob and the fourth of Leah. (B.C. after 1753.) Of Judah's personal character more traits are preserved than of any other of the patriarchs, with the exception of Joseph, whose life he in conjunction with Reuben saved. (Genesis 37:26-28) During the second visit to Egypt for corn it was Judah who understood to be responsible for the safety of Benjamin, ch. (Genesis 43:3-10) and when, through Joseph's artifice, the brothers were brought back to the palace, he is again the leader and spokesman of the band. So too it is Judah who is sent before Jacob to smooth the way for him in the land of Goshen. ch. (Genesis 46:28) This ascendancy over his brethren is reflected in the last words addressed to him by his father. The families of Judah occupy a position among the tribes similar to that which their progenitor had taken among the patriarchs. The numbers of the tribe at the census at Sinai were 74,600. (Numbers 1:26,27) On the borders of the promised land they were 76,500. (Genesis 26:22) The boundaries and contents of the territory allotted to Judah are narrated at great length, and with greater minuteness than the others, in (Joshua 15:20-63) The north boundary, for the most part coincident with the south boundary of Benjamin, began at the embouchure of the Jordan and ended on the west at Jabneel on the coast of the Mediterranean, four miles south of Joppa. On the east the Dead Sea, and on the west the Mediterranean, formed the boundaries. The southern line is hard to determine, since it is denoted by places many of which have not been identified. It left the Dead Sea at its extreme south end, and joined the Mediterranean at the Wady el-Arish. This territory is in average length about 45 miles, and in average breadth about 50.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
the praise of the Lord; confession
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 680 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 754 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 29:35
- Exodus 1:2
- Numbers 1:7
- Deuteronomy 27:12
- Joshua 7:1
- Judges 1:2
- Ruth 1:1
- 1 Samuel 11:8
- 2 Samuel 1:18
- 1 Kings 1:9
- 2 Kings 1:17
- 1 Chronicles 2:1
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
