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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 28 times in 27 verses in 'Neh' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:2 - that Hanani, one of my brothers, and [fn]some men from Judah H3063 came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped and remain from the captivity, and about Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:5 - I said to the king, “If it is good for the king, and if your servant is good before you, send me to Judah H3063, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:7 - And I said to the king, “If it is good to the king, let letters be given me for the governors of the provinces beyond the [fn]River, that they may allow me to pass through until I come to Judah H3063,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:10 -

Then Judah H3063 said,

“The [fn]strength of the burden bearers is failing,

Yet there is much [fn]rubbish;

And we ourselves are unable

To rebuild the wall.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:16 - And it happened that from that day on, half of my young men carried on the work while half of them took hold of the spears, the shields, the bows, and the breastplates; and the commanders were behind the whole house of Judah H3063.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 -

Moreover, from the day that I was put in command to be their governor in the land of Judah H3063, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, for twelve years, neither I nor my [fn]relatives have eaten the governor’s food allowance.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:7 -

“You have also [fn]set up prophets to call out in Jerusalem concerning [fn]you, ‘A king is in Judah H3063!’ So now it will be heard by the king according to these words. So now, come, let us take counsel together.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:17 - Also in those days many letters went from the nobles of Judah H3063 to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - For many in Judah H3063 were sworn by oath to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as a wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:6 -

These are the [fn]people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken away into exile, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah H3063, each to his city,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:3 -

Now these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah H3063 each lived in his own possession in their cities[fn]the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the [fn]temple servants, and the sons of Solomon’s servants.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:4 - And some of the sons of Judah H3063 and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the sons of Judah H3063:

Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, from the sons of Perez;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:9 -

Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer,

and Judah H3063 the son of Hassenuah was second [fn]in command of the city.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:20 - The rest of Israel, of the priests and of the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah H3063, each on his own inheritance.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:24 - Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah H3063, was the king’s [fn]representative in all matters concerning the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:25 -

Now as for the villages with their fields,

some of the sons of Judah H3063 lived in Kiriath-arba and its [fn]towns, in Dibon and its towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:36 -

From the Levites, some divisions in Judah H3063 belonged to Benjamin.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:8 -

The Levites were

Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah H3063, and Mattaniah who was over of the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brothers.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:31 -

Then I had the leaders of Judah H3063 come up on top of the wall, and I had two great choirs of thanksgiving stand, [fn]the first proceeding to the right on top of the wall toward the Dung Gate.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:32 -

Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah H3063 followed them,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:34 -

Judah H3063, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:36 -

and his [fn]relatives, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah H3063, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:44 -

On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits, and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah H3063 was glad over the priests and Levites who stood to minister.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:12 - All Judah H3063 then brought the tithe of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storehouses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:15 -

In those days I saw in Judah H3063 some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. So I testified against them on the day they sold food.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:16 - Also men of Tyre were living [fn]there who brought in fish and all kinds of merchandise, and sold them to the sons of Judah H3063 on the sabbath, even in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:17 - Then I contended with the nobles of Judah H3063 and said to them, “What is this evil thing you are doing, even profaning the sabbath day?
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