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Lexicon :: Strong's H3063 - yᵊhûḏâ

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יְהוּדָה
Transliteration
yᵊhûḏâ
Pronunciation
yeh-hoo-daw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 850c

Strong’s Definitions

יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'; from H3034; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory:—Judah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 818x

The KJV translates Strong's H3063 in the following manner: Judah (808x), Bethlehemjudah (with H1035) (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 818x
The KJV translates Strong's H3063 in the following manner: Judah (808x), Bethlehemjudah (with H1035) (10x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh, yeh-hoo-daw'; from H3034; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory:—Judah.
STRONGS H3063: Abbreviations
יְהוּדָה 820 proper name, masculine and of a territory Judah (treated Genesis 29:35; Genesis 49:8 (which see below) as if derived from Hoph. of ידה = praised, object of praise (on ה compare Hiph. אֲהוֺדֶ֑נּוּ Psalm 28:7, יְהוֺדֶה Nehemiah 11:17), but this dubious; relation to יְהֻד, II. יְהוּדִית : unexplained; see further JastrJBL xii, 1898, 61 ff.; Assyrian Ia-u-du, of land; Ia-u-da-ai, Judaean COTGloss) —
I. proper name, masculine
1. son of Jacob and Leah, explained by Leah's words I will praise י׳ Genesis 29:35 (J); compare Jacob's prediction, thy brethren shall praise thee Genesis 49:8 (poem in J E), see also Genesis 49:9; Genesis 49:10; elsewhere Genesis 37:26; Genesis 38:1 + 14 times Genesis 38; Genesis 43:3, 8; Genesis 44:14, 16, 18; Genesis 46:28 (all J), Genesis 35:23 (P), 1 Chronicles 2:1, 3; Ruth 4:12; בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה sons of Judah Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:19 (P), 1 Chronicles 2:3, 4; 1 Chronicles 4:1.
2. tribe descended from Judah Deuteronomy 33:7 (poem), Numbers 1:7 (P), Deuteronomy 27:12 +; בְּנֵי יהודה Numbers 1:26; Joshua 14:6 (D), Judges 1:8 +; שֵׁבֶט יהודה Joshua 7:16 (J), 1 Kings 12:20; 2 Kings 17:18; Psalm 78:68; מַטֵּה בְנֵי יהודה Joshua 15:1, 20, 21; Joshua 21:9 (all P), 1 Chronicles 6:50; elsewhere מַטֵּה יהודה Exodus 31:2; Exodus 35:30; Exodus 38:22; Numbers 1:27; Numbers 7:12; Numbers 13:6; Numbers 34:19; Joshua 7:1, 18; Joshua 21:4 (all P); אישׁ יהודה Judges 15:20 +; אנשׁי יהודה 2 Samuel 2:4 +, (compare amelûti [ṣabê] Ia-u-du Tel el-AmarnaNo. 39 JastrJBL xii, 1893, 64).
3. nation, of southern kingdom under dynasty of David, as distinguished from northern kingdom of Ephraim or Israel: Hosea 4:15; Jeremiah 2:28; 2 Chronicles 12:12 +; of the returned exiles Nehemiah 4:4; עַם יהודה 2 Kings 14:21 2 Chronicles 26:1; Jeremiah 25:1, 2; Ezra 4:4; בְּנֵי יהודה Hosea 2:2; Jeremiah 7:30; 2 Chronicles 13:18; 25:12; 28:10; בֵּית יהודה Hosea 1:7; Jeremiah 3:18; Ezekiel 4:6 +; מַלְכוּת יהודה 2 Chronicles 11:17; personified, בַּת י׳ Lamentations 1:15; Lamentations 2:2, 5.
4. Levite, Ezra's time, Ezra 10:23.
5. an over-seer of Jerusalem Nehemiah 11:9.
6. Levite musician Nehemiah 12:8.
7. priest Nehemiah 12:36.
II. proper name, of a territory land of Judah, feminine Isaiah 7:6; Jeremiah 23:6 = Jeremiah 33:16; Jo 4:30; Psalm 114:2 +; ארץ יְהוּדָה 1 Samuel 22:5; 2 Kings 23:24 +; אדמת יהודה Isaiah 19:17; עָרֵי יהודה 2 Samuel 2:1; 1 Kings 12:17; 2 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 23:5, 8; Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 44:26; Zechariah 1:12; Psalm 69:36; Lamentations 5:11; elsewhere + 15 times Chronicles, + 23 times Jeremiah; בִּיהודה Judges 15:9 +; מיהודה 1 Kings 13:1 +; הר יהודה the hill-country of Judah Joshua 11:21(D), Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:11 (P), 2 Chronicles 27:4; נֶגֶב יהודה the south (country) of Judah 1 Samuel 27:10; 2 Samuel 24:7; מדבר יהודה Judges 1:16; Psalm 63:1 (title).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3061.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:35; 29:35; 35:23; 37:26; 38; 38:1; 43:3; 43:8; 44:14; 44:16; 44:18; 46:12; 46:28; 49:8; 49:8; 49:9; 49:10

Exodus

31:2; 35:30; 38:22

Numbers

1:7; 1:26; 1:27; 7:12; 13:6; 26:19; 34:19

Deuteronomy

27:12; 33:7

Joshua

7:1; 7:16; 7:18; 11:21; 14:6; 15:1; 15:20; 15:21; 20:7; 21:4; 21:9; 21:11

Judges

1:8; 1:16; 15:9; 15:20

Ruth

4:12

1 Samuel

22:5; 27:10

2 Samuel

2:1; 2:4; 24:7

1 Kings

12:17; 12:20; 13:1

2 Kings

14:21; 17:18; 18:13; 23:5; 23:8; 23:24

1 Chronicles

2:1; 2:3; 2:3; 2:4; 4:1; 6:50

2 Chronicles

11:17; 12:12; 13:18; 25:12; 26:1; 27:4; 28:10

Ezra

4:4; 10:23

Nehemiah

4:4; 11:9; 11:17; 12:8; 12:36

Psalms

28:7; 63:1; 69:36; 78:68; 114:2

Isaiah

7:6; 19:17; 40:9; 44:26

Jeremiah

2:28; 3:18; 7:30; 23:6; 25:1; 25:2; 33:16

Lamentations

1:15; 2:2; 2:5; 5:11

Ezekiel

4:6

Hosea

1:7; 2:2; 4:15

Zechariah

1:12

H3063

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Strong's Number H3063 matches the Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yᵊhûḏâ),
which occurs 819 times in 754 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 16 (Jos 14:6–1Sa 22:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:6 - Then the children of Judah H3063 came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah H3063 by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:12 - And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah H3063 round about according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, H3063 according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:20 - This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah H3063 according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21 - And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah H3063 toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:63 - As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah H3063 could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah H3063 at Jerusalem unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:5 - And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah H3063 shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11 - And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah H3063 and the children of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: H3063 this was the west quarter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1 - And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:9 - Out of the portion of the children of Judah H3063 was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah H3063 was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34 - And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah H3063 upon Jordan toward the sunrising.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, H3063 and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:9 - And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, H3063 and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:11 - And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, H3063 with the suburbs thereof round about it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:2 - And the LORD said, Judah H3063 shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - And Judah H3063 said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:4 - And Judah H3063 went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - Now the children of Judah H3063 had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9 - And afterward the children of Judah H3063 went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:10 - And Judah H3063 went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:16 - And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah H3063 into the wilderness of Judah, H3063 which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:17 - And Judah H3063 went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18 - Also Judah H3063 took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:19 - And the LORD was with Judah; H3063 and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, H3063 and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:9 - Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, H3063 and spread themselves in Lehi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:10 - And the men of Judah H3063 said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - Then three thousand men of Judah H3063 went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah H3063 of the family of Judah, H3063 who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah H3063 to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, H3063 and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:12 - And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: H3063 wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, H3063 and was there four whole months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah H3063 toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, H3063 but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18 - And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah H3063 shall go up first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah H3063 went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. H3063 And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:7 - Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12 - And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, H3063 of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:8 - And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah H3063 thirty thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:4 - And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:1 - Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, H3063 and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, H3063 whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - And the men of Israel and of Judah H3063 arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:16 - But all Israel and Judah H3063 loved David, because he went out and came in before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:5 - And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. H3063 Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.

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