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Greek proper noun (a place) · G2449

Ἰουδαία

Ioudaiaee-oo-dah'-yah

Judea

44 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: Ioudaía

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2449is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 5
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2449

the Judæan land (i.e. Judæa), a region of Palestine

The King James renders it: Judæa.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

Ioudaia is rendered "Judea". It stands 44 times in the Greek text, across nine books.

  • Twelve of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:1After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
  • The Greek text spells it five different ways.

The first use

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

Matthew 2:1Ἰουδαίας

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twelve of the word's forty-four uses are in Acts.

The other 18 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • Judea28
  • of Judea16

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 44, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

5 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • Ἰουδαίας25
  • Ἰουδαίᾳ9
  • Ἰουδαίαν7
  • Ἰουδαία2
  • Ἰουδαίας.¶1

The grammar of each form

  • noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular26N-GSF-L
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular9N-DSF-L
  • noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular7N-ASF-L
  • noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2N-NSF-L

Matthew

eight uses
  • After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

    Matthew 2:1

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

    Matthew 2:5

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

    Matthew 2:22

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

    Matthew 3:1

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.

    Matthew 3:5

    • Ἰουδαίαioudaianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • The large crowds that followed Him came from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

    Matthew 4:25

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • When Jesus had finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

    Matthew 19:1

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

    Matthew 24:16

    • Ἰουδαίᾳioudaianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea

Mark

four uses
  • People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

    Mark 1:5

    • Ἰουδαίαioudaianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,

    Mark 3:7

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him and He taught them, as was His custom.

    Mark 10:1

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

    Mark 13:14

    • Ἰουδαίᾳioudaianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea

Luke

ten uses
  • In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.

    Luke 1:5

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • All their neighbors were filled with awe, and people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.

    Luke 1:65

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.

    Luke 2:4

    • Ἰουδαίανioudaiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

    Luke 3:1

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.

    Luke 4:44

    • Ἰουδαίας.¶ioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.

    Luke 5:17

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.

    Luke 6:17

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • And the news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding region.

    Luke 7:17

    • Ἰουδαίᾳioudaianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.

    Luke 21:21

    • Ἰουδαίᾳioudaianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”

    Luke 23:5

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea

John

six uses
  • He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

    John 4:3

    • Ἰουδαίανioudaiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

    John 4:47

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

    John 4:54

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.

    John 7:1

    • Ἰουδαίᾳioudaianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.

    John 7:3

    • Ἰουδαίανioudaiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • and then He said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”

    John 11:7

    • Ἰουδαίανioudaiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Judea

Acts

twelve uses
  • But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

    Acts 1:8

    • Ἰουδαίᾳioudaianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

    Acts 2:9

    • Ἰουδαίανioudaiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.

    Acts 8:1

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.

    Acts 9:31

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:

    Acts 10:37

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

    Acts 11:1

    • Ἰουδαίανioudaiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

    Acts 11:29

    • Ἰουδαίᾳioudaianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.

    Acts 12:19

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

    Acts 15:1

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

    Acts 21:10

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea
  • First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

    Acts 26:20

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea
  • The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.

    Acts 28:21

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea

Romans

one use
  • Pray that I may be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there,

    Romans 15:31

    • Ἰουδαίᾳioudaianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea

2 Corinthians

one use
  • I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.

    2 Corinthians 1:16

    • Ἰουδαίανioudaiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: Judea

Galatians

one use
  • I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.

    Galatians 1:22

    • Ἰουδαίαςioudaiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of Judea

1 Thessalonians

one use
  • For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

    1 Thessalonians 2:14

    • Ἰουδαίᾳioudaianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: Judea

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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