Lexicon :: Strong's H3063 - yᵊhûḏâ

And she conceived again, gave birth to a son, and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” Therefore she named him Judah.[fn] Then Leah stopped having children.

Leah’s sons were Reuben (Jacob’s firstborn),

Simeon, Levi, Judah,

Issachar, and Zebulun.

Judah said to his brothers, “What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

At that time Judah left his brothers and settled near an Adullamite named Hirah.

Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up.” For he thought, “He might die too, like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite in order to get back the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.

So the Adullamite returned to Judah, saying, “I couldn’t find her, and besides, the men of the place said, ‘There has been no cult prostitute here.’ ”

Judah recognized them and said, “She is more in the right[fn] than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not know her intimately again.

But Judah said to him, “The man specifically warned us, ‘You will not see me again unless your brother is with you.’

Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me. We will be on our way so that we may live and not die ​— ​neither we, nor you, nor our dependents.

When Judah and his brothers reached Joseph’s house, he was still there. They fell to the ground before him.

“What can we say to my lord? ” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed your servants’ iniquity. We are now my lord’s slaves ​— ​both we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.”

But Judah approached him and said, “My lord, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.

Judah’s sons: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

Now Jacob had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to prepare for his arrival[fn] at Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen,

“Judah, your brothers will praise you.

Your hand will be on the necks of your enemies;

your father’s sons will bow down to you.

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

“Look, I have appointed by name Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

Moses then said to the Israelites, “Look, the LORD has appointed by name Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD commanded Moses.

“Nahshon son of Amminadab from Judah;

The descendants of Judah: according to their family records by their clans and their ancestral families, counting the names of those twenty years old or more, everyone who could serve in the army,

“Judah’s military divisions will camp on the east side toward the sunrise under their banner. The leader of the descendants of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.

“The total number in their military divisions who belong to Judah’s encampment is 186,400; they will move out first.

The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah.

The military divisions of the camp of Judah’s descendants with their banner set out first, and Nahshon son of Amminadab was over their divisions.

Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;

Judah’s sons included Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.

These were Judah’s clans numbered by their registered men: 76,500.

“These are the names of the men:

Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;

“When you have crossed the Jordan, these tribes will stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

He said this about Judah:

LORD, hear Judah’s cry and bring him to his people.

He fights for his cause[fn] with his own hands,

but may you be a help against his foes.

all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean[fn] Sea,

The Israelites, however, were unfaithful regarding the things set apart for destruction. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart, and the LORD’s anger burned against the Israelites.

Joshua got up early the next morning. He had Israel come forward tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was selected.

At that time Joshua proceeded to exterminate the Anakim from the hill country ​— ​Hebron, Debir, Anab ​— ​all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua completely destroyed them with their cities.