judah

Definition of Judah in English :

Noun

1. judah

(Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel; one of his descendants was to be the Messiah

2. juda, judah

an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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noun Old Testament

1.

the fourth son of Jacob, one of whose descendants was to be the Messiah (Genesis 29:35; 49:8–12)

2.

the tribe descended from him

3.

the tribal territory of his descendants which became the nucleus of David's kingdom and, after the kingdom had been divided into Israel and Judah, the southern kingdom of Judah, with Jerusalem as its centre

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noun

1.

a masculine name: dim. Jude; fem. Judith

2. Bible

a.

Jacob's fourth son, whose mother was Leah: Gen. 29:35

b.

the tribe descended from him, the strongest of the twelve tribes of Israel: Num. 1:26

3.

the kingdom in the S part of Palestine formed by the tribes of Judah and Benjamin after they broke with the other ten tribes: 1 Kings 11:31; 12: 17-21

Judah

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In the Bible, a son of Jacob and Leah and the forebear of one of the tribes of Israel.

An ancient kingdom of southern Palestine between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It lasted from the division of Palestine around 930 BC until the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC.

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