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Judah

  • /ˈd͡ʒuː.də/

Rhymes with -uːdə

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá). Doublet of Judas and Yehuda.

proper noun

  1. The fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah; the father of Perez. 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
  2. One of the Israelite tribes, and, according to some Abrahamic religions, descended from Judah, and from which David and his lineage came.
  3. A traditional region and ancient kingdom (c. 930 — 586 BCE) in the Land of Israel in modern Israel and Palestine; 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. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: judas, israel, judea, jude, yehuda, juda, yehudah, judaea, judean, judaean, judahite, jewry, jewish, jew, hebrew, israelite

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name fourth son of Jacob

EspañolJudá
한국어유다 Yuda
日本語ユダ Yuda
中文猶大 /犹大 Yóudà
हिन्दीयहूदा yahūdā
PortuguêsJudá
FrançaisJuda
DeutschJuda
РусскийИу́да Iúda
العربيةيَهُوذَا yahūḏā
עבריתיְהוּדָה yehudá

name one of the Israelite tribes

EspañolJudá
हिन्दीयहूदा yahūdā
PortuguêsJudá
FrançaisJuda
DeutschJuda
ItalianoGiuda
עבריתיְהוּדָה yehudá

name southern Israelite kingdom

EspañolJudá
हिन्दीयहूदिया yahūdiyā
PortuguêsJudá
DeutschJuda
עבריתיְהוּדָה yehudá

name male given name

हिन्दीयहूदा yahūdā
PortuguêsJudá
עבריתיְהוּדָה yehudá

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@misc{judah_2026,
  title = {Judah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/judah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}