Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios

Greek word for “Jew” · Strong’s G2453 · used 194 times in 185 verses

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Meaning

Ἰουδαῖος, -αία, -αῖον;

How it is translated

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

• jews 154
• jew 16
• jews? 8
• jewish 5
• jews! 3
• judean 1
• certain jew 1
• jews — 1
• judea 1
• jewish — 1
• jewess 1
• jew is one 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 19 (11), John 18 (9), John 11 (8), Acts 18 (8), Acts 25 (7), John 7 (6), Acts 19 (6), Mark 15 (5), John 5 (5), John 8 (5)

Forms

• Ἰουδαίων 68
• Ἰουδαῖοι 56
• Ἰουδαίοις 26
• Ἰουδαίους 17
• Ἰουδαῖος 10
• Ἰουδαίου 5
• Ἰουδαῖός 3
• Ἰουδαίῳ 3
• Ἰουδαῖον 2
• Ἰουδαίαν 1

Words used with it

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

• Ἕλλην=Ἕλλην Hellēn “Greek, Gentile” 19
• τε te “and/both” 26
• βασιλεύς basileus “king” 22
• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 22
• Πιλᾶτος Pilatos “Pilate” 13
• ἔθνος ethnos “Gentiles” 14
• συναγωγή sunagōgē “synagogue” 11
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 14
• ὑπό hupo “by/under” 14
• περί peri “about” 15
• Ἱεροσόλυμα Hierosoluma “Jerusalem” 10
• κατά kata “according to” 16

Key verses

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

• John 8:31 — Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
• Acts 10:22 — And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an…
• Acts 20:21 — Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
• Acts 23:12 — And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed…
• Acts 24:5 — For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
• Romans 1:16 — For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
• Romans 3:29 — Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
• Romans 10:12 — For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
• 1 Corinthians 12:13 — For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one…
• Galatians 3:28 — There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
• Colossians 3:11 — Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
• Revelation 3:9 — Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy…

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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.