Judah en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒuː.də/
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Etymology
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá). Doublet of Judas and Yehuda.
Meanings
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The fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah; the father of Perez.
Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 35:22b-26:
- One of the Israelite tribes, and, according to some Abrahamic religions, descended from Judah, and from which David and his lineage came.
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A traditional region and ancient kingdom (c. 930 — 586 BCE) in the Land of Israel in modern Israel and Palestine; the southern Israelite kingdom which continued to be ruled by the Davidic dynasty after Solomon's death and the breakup of the united monarchy, with the northern portion keeping the name Israel.
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 21:11:
- A male given name from Hebrew.
Deriveds
Lion of Judah · Judaism · Judahite · Judea · Jew · Judaic
Translations (78)
eo Judujo (southern Israelite kingdom) · hi यहूदा (one of the Israelite tribes) · hy Հուդա (southern Israelite kingdom) · cmn 猶大 /犹大 (fourth son of Jacob) · lt judėjai (one of the Israelite tribes) · ja ユダ (fourth son of Jacob) · es Judá (southern Israelite kingdom) · de Juda (fourth son of Jacob) · hi यहूदिया (southern Israelite kingdom) · pt Judá (male given name) · lt Judas (fourth son of Jacob) · gd Iùdah (fourth son of Jacob) · sv Juda (one of the Israelite tribes) · hu Júda (one of the Israelite tribes) · he יְהוּדָה (male given name) · ko 유다 (fourth son of Jacob) · gl Xudá (fourth son of Jacob) · chr ᏧᏓᏱ (southern Israelite kingdom) · fr Juda (fourth son of Jacob) · bn এহুদা (fourth son of Jacob) · hy Հուդա (fourth son of Jacob) · mk Јуда (male given name) · nv Júdah (one of the Israelite tribes) · kk Яһуда (fourth son of Jacob) · mk Јуда (fourth son of Jacob) · hi यहूदा (male given name) · yao Yuda (one of the Israelite tribes) · sv Yehuda (fourth son of Jacob) · xcl Յուդայ (fourth son of Jacob) · fr Juda (one of the Israelite tribes) · de Juda (one of the Israelite tribes) · chr ᏧᏗᏱ (southern Israelite kingdom) · es Judá (one of the Israelite tribes) · yao Yuda (southern Israelite kingdom) · yi יהודה (fourth son of Jacob) · nl Juda (fourth son of Jacob) · chr ᏧᏓ (fourth son of Jacob) · tum Yuda (fourth son of Jacob) · ar يَهُوذَا (fourth son of Jacob) · no Juda (one of the Israelite tribes) · yi יהודה (southern Israelite kingdom) · de Juda (southern Israelite kingdom) · pt Judá (fourth son of Jacob) · it Giuda (one of the Israelite tribes) · grc Ἰουδά (fourth son of Jacob) · hi यहूदा (fourth son of Jacob) · lt Judėja (southern Israelite kingdom) · nl Juda (southern Israelite kingdom) · gd Iùdah (southern Israelite kingdom) · yi יהודה (one of the Israelite tribes) · nl Juda (one of the Israelite tribes) · sh Juda (fourth son of Jacob) · hu Júda királysága (southern Israelite kingdom) · he יְהוּדָה (one of the Israelite tribes) · hu Júdai Királyság (southern Israelite kingdom) · nv Júdah (southern Israelite kingdom) · pl Juda (fourth son of Jacob) · pl Juda (one of the Israelite tribes) · yao Yuda (fourth son of Jacob) · ms Yehuda (fourth son of Jacob) · xcl Յուդա (fourth son of Jacob) · pt Judá (southern Israelite kingdom) · gl Reino de Xudá (southern Israelite kingdom) · he יְהוּדָה (southern Israelite kingdom) · lt Judėjos karalystė (southern Israelite kingdom) · lv Juda (one of the Israelite tribes) · ru Иу́да (fourth son of Jacob) · mnc ᡳᠣᡩᠠ (fourth son of Jacob) · es Judá (fourth son of Jacob) · yi יהודה (male given name) · gu યહૂદા (fourth son of Jacob) · tum Yuda (one of the Israelite tribes) · he יְהוּדָה (fourth son of Jacob) · nl Juda (male given name) · pl Juda (male given name) · tum Yuda (southern Israelite kingdom) · hu Júda (fourth son of Jacob) · pt Judá (one of the Israelite tribes)