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Judah

יְהוּדStrong’s H3063

yehud (ye-hud)

Appears in 755 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yehud is the Hebrew word usually translated “judah”, “from judah” and “o judah”. It appears in 755 verses of the Old Testament.

“In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.”
Daniel 1:1 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.35
  2. The son of Jacob by Leah
  3. The tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob
  4. The territory occupied by the tribe of Judah
  5. The kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon
  6. A Levite in Ezra's time
  7. An overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
  8. A Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah
  9. A priest in the time of Nehemiah
  10. The son of Jacob by Leah
  11. The tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob
  12. The territory occupied by the tribe of Judah
  13. The kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon
  14. A Levite in Ezra's time
  15. An overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
  16. A Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah
  17. A priest in the time of Nehemiah
  18. The son of Jacob by Leah
  19. The tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob
  20. The territory occupied by the tribe of Judah
  21. The kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon
  22. A Levite in Ezra's time
  23. An overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
  24. A Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah
  25. A priest in the time of Nehemiah
  26. The son of Jacob by Leah
  27. The tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob
  28. The territory occupied by the tribe of Judah
  29. The kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon
  30. A Levite in Ezra's time
  31. The son of Jacob by Leah
  32. The tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob
  33. The territory occupied by the tribe of Judah
  34. The kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon
How it's translated
  • judah 676
  • and judah 41
  • in judah 35
  • to judah 22
  • from judah 11
  • o judah 8
  • of judah 7
  • on judah 7

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 165
  • 2 Chronicles 145
  • 2 Kings 88
  • 1 Kings 39
  • 2 Samuel 27
  • Nehemiah 27

33 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 755 verses, by book
Deuteronomy 3
27:1233:734:2
Esther 1
2:6
Proverbs 1
25:1
Lamentations 5
1:31:152:22:55:11
Daniel 4
1:11:21:69:7
Obadiah 1
1:12
Nahum 1
1:15
Zephaniah 3
1:11:42:7
Malachi 2
2:113:4
Hebrew dictionary

יְהוּד yehud · Judah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.35; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); married to Bath-shua (H1323I) and Tamar (H8559); father of: Er (H6147), Onan (H0209), Shelah (H7956), Perez (H6557) and Zerah (H2226I) Aramaic of ye.hu.dah (יְהוּדָה "Judah" H3063) Judah-the territory of the tribe of Judah

יְהוּדָה yehudah · Judah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.23 § Judah = "praised" 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah

יְהוּדָה yehudah · Judah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.11.9; son of: Hassenuah (H5574) § Judah = "praised" 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah

יְהוּדָה yehudah · Judah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.8 § Judah = "praised" 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time 6) an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah 8) a priest in the time of Nehemiah

יְהוּדָה yehudah · Judah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.12.36; son of: Jonathan (H3129K); brother of: Zechariah (H2148Z), Shemaiah (H8098V), Azarel (H5832J), Milalai (H4450), Gilalai (H1562), Maai (H4597), Nethanel (H5417P) and Hanani (H2607K) § Judah = "praised" 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob 3) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 4) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon 5) a Levite in Ezra's time …

יְהוּדָה yehudah · Judah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.35; son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812); brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); married to Bath-shua (H1323I) and Tamar (H8559); father of: Er (H6147), Onan (H0209), Shelah (H7956), Perez (H6557) and Zerah (H2226I) § Judah = "praised" 1) the son of Jacob by Leah 2) the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob …

יְהוּדָה yehudah · Judea

§ Judah = "praised" 1) the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah 2) the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.