יְהוּדָה
Yᵉhûwdâh · yeh-hoo-daw'
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3034 (יָדָה); celebrated;
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
- Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites
- also, of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Judah.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְהוּדָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
820 occurrences · 820 OT · 0 NT · 87 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of judah508 · 70%
- and judah58 · 8%
- judah52 · 7%
- in judah20 · 3%
- and all judah11 · 2%
- over judah9 · 1%
- all judah8 · 1%
- against judah7 · 1%
- from judah6 · 1%
- to judah5 · 1%
- which belongeth to judah4 · 1%
- of bethlehemjudah4 · 1%
- out of judah4 · 1%
- throughout all judah4 · 1%
- o judah3 · 0%
- unto judah3 · 0%
- upon judah3 · 0%
- and to judah3 · 0%
- which is in judah3 · 0%
- into judah3 · 0%
- for judah3 · 0%
- from bethlehemjudah2 · 0%
- out of bethlehemjudah2 · 0%
- also judah2 · 0%
- judah's2 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.