Ἰούδα G2448
Judah; a personal or tribal name (genitive form) referring to the patriarch, the tribe, or the territory of Judah
The genitive form of Ioudas (Judah), appearing in contexts that invoke the patriarch and his tribal legacy. Most occurrences reference the tribe or territory of Judah: Micah's prophecy quoted in Matt 2:6 declares Bethlehem 'by no means least among the rulers of Judah'; Luke 1:39 locates Mary's journey 'into the hill country of Judah'; and Heb 7:14 and 8:8 connect Christ's priesthood and the new covenant to 'the tribe of Judah.' One occurrence in Luke 3:26 names an ancestor in Jesus' genealogy as 'Ioda' (a variant personal name in the Lucan genealogical tradition, distinct from the patriarch). Spanish 'Judá' and French 'Juda' transliterate uniformly, while the underlying Hebrew Yehudah ('praise') anchors the name's theological resonance.
Senses
1. of Iouda — The patriarch Judah, his tribe, or its territory -- used in the genitive to denote origin, belonging, or geographic reference. Matt 2:6 twice names 'the land of Judah' (ge Iouda) in the Bethlehem oracle; Luke 1:39 sets Mary's visitation 'in the hill country of Judah'; Heb 7:14 declares that 'our Lord has sprung from Judah'; and Heb 8:8 quotes Jeremiah's promise of a new covenant 'with the house of Judah.' Spanish 'de Judá' and German 'Juda' preserve the genitival relationship linking persons and places to the patriarch whose name means 'praise.' 7×
AR["يَهوذا","يَهوذَا","يَهُوذَا"]·ben["যিহূদার","যিহূদার,"]·DE["Juda","Ἰούδα"]·EN["Ioudas","of-Iouda","of-Ioudas"]·FR["Juda"]·heb["יְהוּדָה"]·HI["यहूदा","यहूदा,","यहूदा-की","यहूदा-के","यहूदा-के,"]·ID["Yehuda","Yehuda,"]·IT["Giuda","iouda"]·jav["Yahuda","Yehuda","Yehuda,","Yéhuda,"]·KO["유다","유다-의","유다에서","유다의"]·PT["Judá","de-Judá"]·RU["Иудина","Иудиных","Иуды","Иуды,"]·ES["Ioudá","de-Ioudas","de-Ioudá","de-Ioúda"]·SW["Yuda","la-Yuda,","wa-Ioúda","wa-Yuda","ya-Ioúda","ya-Yuda"]·TR["-o","Yahuda","Yahuda'nın"]·urd["یہوداہ-سے","یہوداہ-کی","یہوداہ-کے"]
2. ōda — A personal name 'Ioda' (variant: Joda) in Luke 3:26, an ancestor in Jesus' genealogy through Mary's line. This figure appears only here and is distinct from the patriarch Judah, though the genitive form is morphologically identical. Spanish 'Iodá,' German 'Ioda,' and French 'Juda' transliterate the name, which belongs to the otherwise unattested generations between David and the post-exilic period in Luke's genealogical tradition. 1×
AR["يُودَا"]·ben["যোদার"]·DE["Ἰωδὰ"]·EN["Iōda"]·FR["Juda"]·heb["יוֹדָה"]·HI["योदा"]·ID["Yoda"]·IT["ioda"]·jav["Yoda,"]·KO["요다-의"]·PT["Jodá"]·RU["Иодаев"]·ES["Iōdá"]·SW["Iōdá"]·TR["Yoda"]·urd["یوداہ-کا"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ἰούδα, (a) Ἰουδαῖος, ὁ, a Jew: Jhn.4:9, Act.18:24, Rom.2:28; pl., Rev.2:9 3:9; οἱ Ἰ., Mat.2:2, Mrk.7:3, Jhn.2:6, al.; Ἰ. τε καὶ Ἕλληνες, Act.14:1, al.; κ. προσήλυτοι, Act.2:10; ἔθνη τε κ. Ἰ., Act.14:5; οἱ κατὰ τὰ ἔθνη, Act.21:21; of Jewish Christians, Gal.2:13; of the ruling class who opposed Jesus, Jhn.1:19 2:18 5:10 11:8 13:33, al.; __(b) Ἰουδαία, -ας, ἡ (sc. γῆ, χώρα, cf. Jhn.3:22, Mrk.1:5), (Heb. יְהוּדָה), Judæa: Mat.2:1, Luk.1:5, Jhn.4:3, al. (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)