Ἰουδαία Ioudaia

Greek word for “Judea” · Strong’s G2449 · used 44 times in 44 verses

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Meaning

§ Judea, Judean, "land of the Judahites";

How it is translated

Glosses given for Ioudaia in context, with how often each is used:

• judea 44

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 2 (3), John 4 (3), Matthew 3 (2), Luke 1 (2), John 7 (2), Acts 11 (2), Matthew 4 (1), Matthew 19 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Mark 1 (1)

Forms

• Ἰουδαίας 26
• Ἰουδαίᾳ 9
• Ἰουδαίαν 7
• Ἰουδαία 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with Ioudaia more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Γαλιλαία Galilaia “Galilee” 14
• Ἰορδάνης Iordanēs “Jordan” 5
• χώρα chōra “country” 5
• Ἡρώδης Hērōdēs “Herod” 5
• Ἱεροσόλυμα Hierosoluma “Jerusalem” 5
• ἀδελφός adelphos “brother” 7
• ὅλος holos “all” 5
• Βηθλεέμ Bēthleem “Bethlehem” 3
• πάλιν palin “again” 5
• Σαμάρεια Samareia “Samaria” 3
• Ἱερουσαλήμ Hierousalēm “Jerusalem” 4
• κατέρχομαι katerchomai “to descend” 3

Key verses

The verses using Ioudaia that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 2:1 — Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
• Matthew 3:1 — In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
• Mark 13:14 — But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let…
• Luke 3:1 — Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip…
• Acts 1:8 — But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria,…
• Acts 8:1 — And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered…
• Acts 9:31 — Then had the churches rest throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy…
• Acts 11:1 — And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
• Acts 11:29 — Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa:
• Acts 15:1 — And certain men which came down from Judæa taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
• Acts 26:20 — But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to…
• 1 Thessalonians 2:14 — For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.