יְהוּדַי yehudai
Hebrew word for “Jew” · Strong’s H3062 · used 10 times in 9 verses
Meaning
Someone descended from Judah (H3063) and possibly other tribes, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.25; Aramaic of ye.hu.di (יְהוּדִי "Jew" H3064)
How it is translated
Glosses given for yehudai in context, with how often each is used:
- jews the 9
- jewish 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Ezra 6 (3), Ezra 4 (2), Ezra 5 (2), Daniel 3 (2)
Forms
- יהודיא 9
- יהודאין 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with yehudai more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אֱלָהּ elah “god” 6
- שִׂיב siv “be gray” 4
- עַל al “since” 6
- דִּי di “that” 6
- בְּנָה benah “to build” 4
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 5
- בְּטֵל betel “to cease” 3
- מִן־ min “from” 4
- גְּבַר gevar “man” 3
- יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalem “Jerusalem” 3
- טְעֵם teem “command” 3
- הֲוָא hava “to be” 3
Key verses
The verses using yehudai that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Ezra 4:12 — Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the…
- Ezra 4:23 — Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the…
- Ezra 5:1 — Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of…
- Ezra 5:5 — But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned…
- Ezra 6:7 — Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
- Ezra 6:8 — Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute…
- Ezra 6:14 — And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and…
- Daniel 3:8 — Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.
- Daniel 3:12 — There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded…
See all 9 verses in the Word Atlas
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.