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G2448Ἰουδά Ioudá — Judah (i.e. Jehudah or
Juttah), a part of (or place in) PalestineH3063יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five IsraelitesH3061יְהוּד Yᵉhûwd — properly, Judah, hence, JudaeaH1184בַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה Baʻălêy Yᵉhûwdâh — Baale-Jehudah, a place in PalestineH209אוֹנָן ʼÔwnân — Onan, a son of JudahH172אׇהֳלִיבָה ʼOhŏlîybâh — Oholibah, a symbolic name for Judah
Verses(5+)
- VerseNumbers 1:7from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;
- VerseExodus 1:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
- VersePsalms 114:2Judah became God’s sanctuary, and Israel His dominion.
- VerseNumbers 13:6from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
- VerseNumbers 1:27those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.
People(5+)
- PersonJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (Matt 1:3).
- PersonLeahJacob's unloved first wife, on whom the LORD's eye fell — the mother of Judah, the messianic tribe, and of Levi, the priestly tribe.
- PersonIsaiahEighth-century BCE prophet of Judah whose oracles make up the book of Isaiah; a central voice for messianic prophecy.
- PersonHezekiahThe reforming king of Judah who trusted Jehovah against Sennacherib, spread the Assyrian letter before the LORD, was granted fifteen added years, and in whose reign the angel…
- PersonZerubbabelGovernor of Judah and grandson of Jeconiah who led the first return and laid the second temple's foundation; Haggai's signet-ring promise rests on him in Messiah's line.
Places(1)
Events(2)
- EventDavid's Coronation at HebronDavid's anointing as king — first over the tribe of Judah at Hebron (c. 1010 BCE), then over all Israel (c. 1003 BCE).
- EventBabylonian Exile (586 BCE)The Neo-Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem and the First Temple, and the resulting deportation of most of Judah's population — the central trauma of the Hebrew Bible.
Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordG2448 Ἰουδά · Ioudá (Greek)Judah (i.e. Jehudah or Juttah), a part of (or place in) Palestine
- WordH3063 יְהוּדָה · Yᵉhûwdâh (Hebrew)Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites
- WordH3061 יְהוּד · Yᵉhûwd (Hebrew)properly, Judah, hence, Judaea
- WordH1184 בַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה · Baʻălêy Yᵉhûwdâh (Hebrew)Baale-Jehudah, a place in Palestine
- WordH209 אוֹנָן · ʼÔwnân (Hebrew)Onan, a son of Judah
Themes(2)
- ThemeCovenantIn Scripture a covenant is not a vague feeling. It is a formal, oath-bound promise between named parties, with a stated promise and usually a visible sign to mark it. (The…
- ThemeJusticeScripture's justice vocabulary runs on two paired Hebrew terms: *mishpat* (H4941), the right verdict rendered at the city gate — a legal, courtroom word — and *tsedaqah*…
Topics(1)
Prophecies(5+)
- ProphecyFrom the Tribe of JudahJacob's blessing narrowed the messianic line to the tribe of Judah. The sceptre (kingship) would remain with Judah until 'Shiloh' (the Messiah) came.
- ProphecyJudah's Babylonian ExileJeremiah predicted a 70-year exile in Babylon followed by restoration—a specific timeframe given before the exile began.
- ProphecyBorn in BethlehemMicah specified the exact town of the Messiah's birth — Bethlehem Ephratah in Judah. The prophecy also hints at the Messiah's eternal pre-existence.
- ProphecyEdom Conquered by IsraelEdom would be conquered by Israel/Judah.
- ProphecyBorn During Roman RuleThe Messiah would come before Judah lost its judicial authority.
Apologetics(1)
Feature Pages(5+)
- FeatureThe LambAnnounced as the Lion of Judah, seen as a Lamb standing as though slain — the reversal that runs the whole book of Revelation.
- Feature2 Chronicles — the Study GuideThe priest's Bible-in-miniature for a people rebuilding a house: Solomon's glory-filled temple, the seek/forsake ledger of Judah's kings, Manasseh's worst-sin-then-deepest-repentance, and the book's closing hinge into Ezra.
- FeatureMelchizedek — the King-Priest of SalemThree texts a thousand years apart — Genesis 14, Psalm 110, Hebrews 7 — and the whole case that a man from Judah is our High Priest.
- Feature2 Kings — the Study GuideThe record of a word that never failed even while a kingdom did — twin ledgers of Israel and Judah's kings, judged by one yardstick, until the Davidic lamp is all that's left.
- FeatureMicah — the Study GuideJudah's most concrete indictment of injustice, held together with its most concrete hope — a Ruler from the least of Judah's clans whose origin is 'from everlasting.' Three judgment-to-mercy cycles, charted cycle by cycle.
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resourceThe Prayer of Manasseh, King of JudahThe Apocrypha — a study resource, outside the 66-book canon. 1 chapters, 15 verses.
- Study resource1 Esdras 5:66Wherefore when the enemies of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin heard it, they came to know what that noise of trumpets should mean.
- Study resource1 Esdras 9:5And in three days were all they of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem the twentieth day of the ninth month.
- Study resourceBaruch 2:23I will cause to cease out of the cites of Judah, and from without Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride…
- Study resource1 Esdras 5:5The priests, the sons of Phinees the son of Aaron: Jesus the son of Josedec, the son of Saraias, and Joacim the son of Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, of the house of David…