Judea
ἸουδαίαStrong’s G2449Ioudaia
Appears in 44 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ioudaia is the Greek word usually translated “judea”. It appears in 44 verses of the New Testament.
“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,”
Meaning
Usually translated “judea”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- judea 28
- of judea 16
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 12
- Luke 10
- Matthew 8
- John 6
- Mark 4
- Romans 1
9 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 2:5And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
- Matthew 2:22But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
- Matthew 3:1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
- Matthew 3:5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
- Matthew 4:25And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
- Matthew 19:1And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
Greek dictionary
Ἰουδαία Ioudaia · Judea
§ Judea, Judean, "land of the Judahites" Judea, the southern party of the country, below Samaria, Mt. 2:1, 5, 22; 3:1; metonymy the inhabitants of Judea
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.