Strong H3063H3063Gיְהוּדָה

Judah

One of the 9 senses of Strong H3063

Transliteration
yehûdâh
Pronunciation
yeh-hoo-daw'
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.35;
son of: Israel (H3478) and Leah (H3812);
brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783);
half-brother of: Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H836), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); married to Bath-shua (H1323I) and Tamar (H8559);
father of: Er (H6147), Onan (H209), Shelah (H7956), Perez (H6557) and Zerah (H2226I)

Meaning of the name

Judah = "praised"

General definition

From H3034; celebrated;
Jehudah (or {Judah}) the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the {first} and of its territory: - Judah.

In the biblical story

Judah

Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Judah, also known as the Jews or Judea, refers to the Israelite tribe, the southern kingdom, and the Roman province in various biblical contexts.

In the Bible

Strong H3063G appears in 734 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • judah724
  • s4
  • make3
  • beth2
  • thou2
  • cause1
  • come1
  • let1

First verses

  1. Genesis 29:35
    And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
  2. Genesis 35:23
    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
  3. Genesis 37:26
    And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
  4. Genesis 38:1
    And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
  5. Genesis 38:2
    And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
  6. Genesis 38:6
    And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
  7. Genesis 38:7
    And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.
  8. Genesis 38:8
    And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
  9. Genesis 38:11
    Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
  10. Genesis 38:12
    And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
  11. Genesis 38:15
    When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
  12. Genesis 38:20
    And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
  13. Genesis 38:22
    And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
  14. Genesis 38:23
    And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
  15. Genesis 38:24
    And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
  16. Genesis 38:26
    And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
  17. Genesis 43:3
    And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
  18. Genesis 43:8
    And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
  19. Genesis 44:14
    And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
  20. Genesis 44:16
    And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
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