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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 42 times in 39 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9 - And Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fattened cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En Rogel; he also invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the men of Judah, the king’s servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:35

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:32 - “So the LORD will return his blood on his head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword—Abner the son of Ner, the commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, the commander of the army of Judah—though my father David did not know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:20 - Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:25 - And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, each man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan as far as Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:17 - But Rehoboam reigned over the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:20 - Now it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had come back, they sent for him and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21 - And when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah with the tribe of Benjamin, one hundred and eighty thousand chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, that he might restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:23 - “Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the rest of the people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:27 - “If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn back to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did at Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made. And at Bethel he installed the priests of the high places which he had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1 - And behold, a man of God went from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:12 - And their father said to them, “Which way did he go?” For his sons had seen[fn] which way the man of God went who came from Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:14 - and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. Then he said to him, “Are you the man of God who came from Judah?” And he said, “I am.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:21 - and he cried out to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Because you have disobeyed the word of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:21 - And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king. He reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there. His mother’s name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:29 - Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:1 - In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:7 - Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:9 - In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:17 - And Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:22 - Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. And they took away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:23 - The rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:25 - Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:28 - Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 - In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:8 - In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel, and reigned two years in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:10 - And Zimri went in and struck him and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:15 - In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri had reigned in Tirzah seven days. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:23 - In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and reigned twelve years. Six years he reigned in Tirzah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:29 - In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3 - And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:2 - Then it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, having put on their robes, sat each on his throne, at a threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:29 - So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:41 - Jehoshaphat the son of Asa had become king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:45 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, the might that he showed, and how he made war, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:51 - Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
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