Judah

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá), a son of Jacob. Doublet of Judas and Yehuda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuː.də/

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• Rhymes: -uːdə
• Hyphenation: Ju‧dah

Proper noun

Judah

1. (biblical) The fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah; the father of Perez.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 35:22b-26:

     Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

2. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Judah, from which David and his lineage came.
3. (biblical) The southern Israelite kingdom which continued to be ruled by the Davidic dynasty after Solomon's death and the breakup of the united monarchy, with the northern portion keeping the name Israel.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 21:11:

     And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

4. A male given name from Hebrew.

Derived terms

• Jew
• Judahite
• Judaic
• Judaism
• Judea
• Lion of Judah

 

Translations

fourth son of Jacob

• Arabic: يَهُوذَا (ar) m (yahūḏā)
• Armenian: Հուդա (hy) (Huda)

  Old Armenian: Յուդա (Yuda), Յուդայ (Yuday)

• Bengali: এহুদা (ehuda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猶大／犹大 (zh) (Yóudà)

• Dutch: Juda m
• French: Juda (fr) m
• Galician: Xudá (gl) m
• German: Juda (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἰουδά m (Ioudá)

• Hebrew: יְהוּדָה (he) m (yehudá)
• Hungarian: Júda (hu)
• Japanese: ユダ (Yuda)
• Kazakh: Яһуда (Ähuda)
• Korean: 유다 (Yuda)
• Lithuanian: Judas m
• Macedonian: Јуда m (Juda)
• Manchu: ᡳᠣᡩᠠ (ioda)
• Polish: Juda (pl) m
• Portuguese: Judá m
• Russian: Иу́да (ru) m (Iúda)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Juda (sh) m

• Spanish: Judá
• Swedish: Yehuda m
• Yiddish: יהודה m (yehude)

one of the Israelite tribes

• Dutch: Juda
• French: Juda (fr)
• German: Juda (de) m
• Hebrew: יְהוּדָה (he) m (yehudá)
• Hungarian: Júda (hu)
• Italian: Giuda (pt)
• Latvian: Juda (pt)
• Lithuanian: judėjai m pl
• Navajo: Júdah
• Norwegian: Juda
• Polish: Juda (pl) m
• Portuguese: Judá f
• Spanish: Judá
• Swedish: Juda (sv) c
• Yiddish: יהודה m (yehude)

southern Israelite kingdom

• Armenian: Հուդա (hy) (Huda)
• Dutch: Juda n
• Esperanto: Judujo
• Galician: Reino de Xudá m
• German: Juda (de) n
• Hebrew: יְהוּדָה (he) m (yehudá)
• Hungarian: Júdai Királyság, Júda királysága
• Lithuanian: Judėja f, Judėjos karalystė f
• Navajo: Júdah
• Portuguese: Judá m
• Yiddish: יהודה m (yehude)

male given name

• Dutch: Juda m
• Hebrew: יְהוּדָה (he) m (yehudá)
• Macedonian: Јуда m (Juda)
• Polish: Juda (pl) m
• Portuguese: Judá m
• Yiddish: יהודה m (yehude)