Judaize

English

Alternative forms

• Judaise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːdeɪˌaɪz/, /ˈd͡ʒuːdiˌaɪz/

Verb

Judaize (third-person singular simple present Judaizes, present participle Judaizing, simple past and past participle Judaized)

1. (transitive) To impose Jewish beliefs or customs on; to convert to Judaism; to make Jewish.
   • 1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavvses that hitherto have Hindred it; republished as Will Taliaferro Hale, editor, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England (Yale Studies in English; LIV), New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1916, →OCLC:

     The heretical Theodotion, the Judaized Symmachus.

   • a. 1710, George Bull, sermon:

     They were Judaizing doctors, who taught the observation of the Mosaic law.

   • 2024 January 21, Our Narrative… Operation Al-Aqsa Flood‎^[1], Hamas Media Office, page 4:

     […] allowing “Israel” to exploit such situation to expropriate further Palestinian lands and to Judaize their sanctities and holy sites.

Derived terms

• Judaization
• Judaizer
• Judaizing (gerund or present participle)

Translations

to impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism

• Arabic: هَوَّدَ (hawwada)
• Catalan: judaïtzar (ca)
• French: judaïser (fr)
• German: judaisieren
• Hebrew: ייהד (he) (yehéd)
• Italian: giudaizzare
• Latin: judaizare
• Malay: ميهوديکن (ms) (meyahudikan)
• Portuguese: judaizar (pt)
• Russian: евреизи́ровать impf or pf (jevreizírovatʹ), евреизова́ть impf or pf (jevreizovátʹ)
• Spanish: judaizar (es)
• Swedish: judaisera (sv)

References

• “Judaize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.