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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 3 / 16 (1Sa 23:3–1Ki 14:22)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:3 - But David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are fearful here in Judah H3063. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the ranks of the Philistines?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:23 - “So look, and learn about all the hiding places where he keeps himself hidden, and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah H3063.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:6 - So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah H3063 to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:10 - Now Achish said, “[fn]Where did you carry out an attack today?” And David said, “Against the [fn]Negev of Judah H3063, against the [fn]Negev of the Jerahmeelites, and against the [fn]Negev of the Kenites.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - “We carried out an attack on the [fn]Negev of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah H3063, and on the [fn]Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:16 -

Now when he had brought him down, behold, they were dispersed over all the land, eating and drinking and celebrating because of all the great plunder that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah H3063.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:26 -

Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoils to the elders of Judah H3063, to his friends, saying, “Behold, a [fn]gift for you from the spoils of the enemies of the LORD:

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:18 - and he told them to teach the sons of Judah H3063 the mourning song of the bow; behold, it is written in the Book of Jashar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:1 -

Then it came about afterward that David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up to one of the cities of Judah H3063?” And the LORD said to him, “Go up.” So David said, “Where shall I go up?” And He said, “To Hebron.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:4 - Then the men of Judah H3063 came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah H3063.

And they told David, saying, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:7 - “Now then, let your hands be strong and be [fn]valiant, since Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah H3063 has anointed me king over them.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was king for two years. The house of Judah H3063, however, followed David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:11 - And the [fn]time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah H3063 was seven years and six months.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner became very angry over Ish-bosheth’s [fn]question and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah H3063? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and to his friends, and have not let you fall into the hands of David; yet today you call me to account for wrongdoing with [fn]that woman?
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:10 - to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah H3063, from Dan even to Beersheba!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:5 - At Hebron he reigned over Judah H3063 for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah H3063.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:11 - And Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah H3063 are staying in [fn]temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Should I then go to my house to eat and drink and to sleep with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:8 - ‘I also gave you your master’s house and put your master’s wives [fn]into your care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah H3063; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you [fn]many more things like these!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:11 -

Then King David sent word to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah H3063, saying, ‘Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the word of all Israel has come to the king, even to his house?

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:14 - So he turned the hearts of all the men of Judah H3063 as one man, so that they sent word to the king, saying, “Return, you and all your servants.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:15 - The king then returned and came as far as the Jordan. And the men of Judah H3063 came to Gilgal in order to go to meet the king, to escort the king across the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:16 -

Then Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite who was from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah H3063 to meet King David.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:40 -

Now the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him; and all the people of Judah H3063 and also half the people of Israel [fn]accompanied the king.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:41 - And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, “Why have our brothers, the men of Judah H3063, abducted you and brought the king and his household and all David’s men with him, over the Jordan?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:42 - Then all the men of Judah H3063 answered the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to [fn]us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all [fn]at the king’s expense, or has anything been taken for us?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah H3063 and said, “[fn]We have ten parts in the king, therefore [fn]we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat [fn]us with contempt? Was it not [fn]our [fn]advice first to bring back [fn]our king?” Yet the words of the men of Judah H3063 were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:2 -

So all the men of Israel [fn]withdrew from following David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah H3063 [fn]remained loyal to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:4 -

Now the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah H3063 for me within three days, and be present here yourself.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:5 - So Amasa went to summon the men of Judah H3063, but he was delayed longer than the set time which he had designated for him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:2 - So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel had [fn]made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought to [fn]kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah H3063).
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:1 -

Now the anger of the LORD burned against Israel again, and He incited David against them to say, “Go, count Israel and Judah H3063.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:7 - then they came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites, and they went out to the south of Judah H3063, to Beersheba.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:9 - And Joab gave the number of the census of the people to the king: in Israel there were eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah H3063 were five hundred thousand men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9 -

Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened steers by the [fn]stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah H3063, the king’s servants.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35 - “Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, and he shall be king in my place; for I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah H3063.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - “The LORD will return his blood on his own head, because he [fn]struck two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know about it: Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah H3063.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 -

Judah H3063 and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the [fn]seashore in abundance; they were eating, drinking, and rejoicing.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - So Judah H3063 and Israel lived securely, everyone under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:17 - But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah H3063, Rehoboam reigned over them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20 -

And it came about, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent word and called him to the assembly, and made him king over all Israel. None except the tribe of Judah H3063 alone followed the house of David.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21 -

Now when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah H3063 and the tribe of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23 - “Tell Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah H3063, and all the house of Judah H3063 and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:27 - “If this people go up to [fn]offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will return to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah H3063; and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah H3063.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - Jeroboam also [fn]instituted a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah H3063, and he [fn]went up to the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made. And he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1 -

Now behold, a man of God came from Judah H3063 to Bethel by the word of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standing at the altar to burn incense.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:12 - And their father said to them, “[fn]Which way did he go?” Now his sons [fn]had seen the way that the man of God who came from Judah H3063 had gone.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:14 - So he went after the man of God and found him sitting under [fn]an oak; and he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah H3063?” And he said, “I am.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah H3063, saying, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have [fn]disobeyed the [fn]command of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21 -

Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah H3063. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel to put His name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:22 - And the people of Judah H3063 did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they [fn]committed, more than all that their fathers had done.

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