Strong's H3063 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh)

Pronunciation: yeh-hoo-daw'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Judah = "praised"

Derivation: from יָדָה (yâdâh) [H3034]; celebrated;

Definition: Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

KJV Renderings: Judah.

Senses

1. the son of Jacob by Leah
2. the tribe descended from Judah the son of Jacob
3. the territory occupied by the tribe of Judah
4. the kingdom comprised of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin which occupied the southern part of Canaan after the nation split upon the death of Solomon
5. a Levite in Ezra's time
6. an overseer of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
7. a Levite musician in the time of Nehemiah
8. a priest in the time of Nehemiah

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.