יְהוּדָה yehudah

Hebrew word for “Judah” · Strong’s H3063 · used 820 times in 755 verses

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Meaning

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.35;

Senses in the lexicon

• Judah (810)
• Judea (3)
• (Baalah of)Judah (1)
• Judah (1)
• Judah (1)
• Judah (1)
• Judah (1)
• Judah (1)
• Judah (1)

How it is translated

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

• judah 812
• belonged to judah 3
• among judah 2
• against judah 1
• over judah 1
• jews 1

Where it is used

Also in 21 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 44 (14), Genesis 38 (13), 2 Kings 14 (13), 2 Chronicles 20 (13), 2 Chronicles 25 (13), 2 Kings 23 (12), Judges 1 (10), 2 Kings 15 (10), 2 Chronicles 17 (10), Jeremiah 36 (10)

Forms

• יהודה 683
• ביהודה 47
• ויהודה 39
• ליהודה 32
• מיהודה 11
• וביהודה 5
• ומיהודה 2
• וליהודה 1

Words used with it

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

• יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 171
• עִיר ir “city” 106
• דָּבָר davar “word” 103
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 87
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 77
• מָלַךְ malakh “to reign” 59
• כָּתַב katav “to write” 44
• כֹּה koh “thus” 53
• בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 43
• סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 40
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 60
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 61

Key verses

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

• Genesis 49:8 — Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
• Genesis 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
• 2 Chronicles 15:2 — And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he…
• Psalms 63:1 — [A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for…
• Isaiah 5:7 — For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for…
• Isaiah 40:9 — O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up,…
• Isaiah 44:26 — That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of…
• Isaiah 48:1 — Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and…
• Jeremiah 23:6 — In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
• Jeremiah 31:31 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
• Jeremiah 50:4 — In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go,…
• Micah 5:2 — But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel;…

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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.