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Judah definition

Ju·dah (jo̵̅o̅′də)

noun

  1. a masculine name: dim. Jude; fem. Judith
  2. Bible
    1. Jacob's fourth son, whose mother was Leah: Gen. 29:35
    2. 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

Etymology: Heb yehūdhāh, lit., praised

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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