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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 sons of Judah H3063 drew near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know the word which the LORD spoke to Moses the man of God concerning [fn]you and me in Kadesh-barnea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - Now the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah H3063 according to their families [fn]reached the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at the extreme south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:12 - The west border was at the Great Sea, even its [fn]coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah H3063 according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:13 - Now he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah, H3063 according to the [fn]command of the LORD to Joshua, namely, [fn]Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron).

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21 - Now the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah H3063 toward the border of Edom in the south were Kabzeel and Eder and Jagur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:63 - Now as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah H3063 could not [fn]drive them out; so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah H3063 at Jerusalem until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:5 - “They shall divide it into seven portions; Judah H3063 shall stay in its territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay in their territory on the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11 - Now the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot [fn]lay between the sons of Judah H3063 and the sons of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:14 - The border extended from there and turned round on the west side southward, from the hill which lies before Beth-horon southward; and [fn]it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. H3063 This was the west side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1 - Then the second lot [fn]fell to Simeon, to the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:9 - The inheritance of the sons of Simeon was taken from the portion of the sons of Judah, H3063 for the share of the sons of Judah H3063 was too large for them; so the sons of Simeon received an inheritance in the midst of [fn]Judah’s inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:34 - Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and proceeded from there to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south and [fn]touched Asher on the west, and to Judah H3063 at the Jordan toward the [fn]east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:7 - So they [fn]set apart Kedesh in [fn]Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - Then the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, [fn]received thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah H3063 and from the tribe of the Simeonites and from the tribe of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:9 - They gave these cities which are here mentioned by name from the tribe of the sons of Judah H3063 and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:11 - Thus they gave them Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, H3063 with its surrounding pasture lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:2 - The LORD said, “Judah H3063 shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:3 - Then Judah H3063 said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into [fn]the territory allotted me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and [fn]I in turn will go with you into [fn]the territory allotted you.” So Simeon went with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:4 - Judah H3063 went up, and the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands, and they [fn]defeated ten thousand men at Bezek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:8 - Then the sons of Judah H3063 fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:9 - Afterward the sons of Judah H3063 went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country and in the [fn]Negev and in the lowland.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:10 - So Judah H3063 went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba); and they struck Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:16 - The [fn]descendants of the Kenite, Moses’ father-in-law, went up from the city of palms with the sons of Judah, H3063 to the wilderness of Judah H3063 which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:17 - Then Judah H3063 went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:18 - And Judah H3063 took Gaza with its territory and Ashkelon with its territory and Ekron with its territory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:19 - Now the LORD was with Judah, H3063 and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not [fn]drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:9 - The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, H3063 Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:10 - The men of Judah H3063 said, “Why have you come up against us?” And they said, “We have come up to bind Samson in order to do to him as he did to us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:11 - Then 3,000 men of Judah H3063 went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, H3063 of the family of Judah, H3063 who was a Levite; and he was [fn]staying there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:8 - Then the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, H3063 to [fn]stay wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, H3063 and I am going to [fn]stay wherever I may find a place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:12 - They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. H3063 Therefore they called that place [fn]Mahaneh-dan to this day; behold, it is [fn]west of Kiriath-jearim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:1 - Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite [fn]staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:2 - But his concubine played the harlot against him, and she went away from him to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah, H3063 and was there for a period of four months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - He said to him, “We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah H3063 to the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, for I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. H3063 But I am now going to [fn]my house, and no man will take me into his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:18 - Now the sons of Israel arose, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God and said, “Who shall go up first for us to battle against the sons of Benjamin?” Then the LORD said, “Judah H3063 shall go up first.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - Now it came about in the days when the judges [fn]governed, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah H3063 went to sojourn in the land of Moab [fn]with his wife and his two sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:2 - The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi; and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. H3063 Now they entered the land of Moab and remained there.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:12 - “Moreover, may your house be like the house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, H3063 through the [fn]offspring which the LORD will give you by this young woman.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:8 - He [fn]numbered them in Bezek; and the sons of Israel were 300,000, and the men of Judah H3063 30,000.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:4 - Then Saul summoned the people and [fn]numbered them in Telaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah. H3063

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:1 - Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah, H3063 and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of [fn]the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, H3063 whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons. And [fn]Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:52

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:52 - The men of Israel and Judah H3063 arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines [fn]as far as the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the slain Philistines [fn]lay along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:5 - The prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah.” H3063 So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth.

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