יְהוּדִי
Yᵉhûwdîy · yeh-hoo-dee'
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
Lexicon
Derivation: patronymically from H3063 (יְהוּדָה);
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jew.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְהוּדִי 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
75 occurrences · 75 OT · 0 NT · 38 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the jews16 · 25%
- of the jews7 · 11%
- the jew6 · 10%
- all the jews4 · 6%
- jews3 · 5%
- against the jews3 · 5%
- and the jews2 · 3%
- among the jews2 · 3%
- for the jews2 · 3%
- to the jews2 · 3%
- unto all the jews2 · 3%
- them concerning the jews1 · 2%
- it to the jews1 · 2%
- and it came to pass, that when the jews1 · 2%
- it, that thou and the jews1 · 2%
- i jews1 · 2%
- jew1 · 2%
- them that he was a jew1 · 2%
- all jews1 · 2%
- more than all the jews1 · 2%
- upon the jews1 · 2%
- ye also for the jews1 · 2%
- unto the jews1 · 2%
- and to the jews1 · 2%
- and that the jews1 · 2%
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.