G2451 G2451
Jewish, pertaining to Jews or Judaism; relating to Jewish customs or identity
The adjective Ἰουδαϊκός describes things Jewish—pertaining to Jewish customs, practices, or identity. It can modify myths, traditions, laws, or ways of life. Titus 1:14 warns against "Jewish myths" (Ἰουδαϊκοῖς μύθοις) and commandments of those who reject the truth. The phrase refers to Jewish-influenced false teaching, possibly involving genealogies, speculative traditions, or legal scrupulosity that distracted from the gospel. The adjective marks these teachings as rooted in Jewish tradition rather than apostolic truth. Translations render it "Jewish" (English), "judíos" (Spanish), the straightforward ethnic-religious designation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Paul warns Titus against Ἰουδαϊκοῖς μύθοις—Jewish myths (Titus 1:14)—and commandments of truth-rejecters. The adjective describes teachings rooted in Jewish tradition: possibly speculative genealogies, halakic disputes, or apocryphal legends being promoted in Crete. The warning targets not Judaism per se but false teachers using Jewish tradition to promote error. The adjective Ἰουδαϊκός simply means "Jewish," pertaining to Jewish customs or teachings. The context clarifies that these particular Jewish-influenced teachings are μῦθοι—myths or fables—distracting from sound doctrine. Translations uniformly render "Jewish," "judíos," "juedisch." 1×
AR["يَهودِيَّةٍ"]·ben["ইহুদী"]·DE["juedisch"]·EN["to-Jewish"]·FR["Ἰουδαϊκοῖς"]·heb["יְהוּדִיִּים"]·HI["यहुदि"]·ID["Yahudi"]·IT["ioudaikois"]·jav["Yahudi"]·KO["유대적인"]·PT["a-Judaicas"]·RU["Иудейским"]·ES["a-judíos"]·SW["za-Kiyahudi"]·TR["Yahudi"]·urd["یہودی"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Included with: Ἰουδαῖος, ὁ, a Jewish man: Ἰουδαία, a Jewish woman; ἡ Ἰουδαία (i.e. γῆ) “Judaea”: —Ἰουδα-ϊκός, ή, όν, “Jewish”, LXX adverb -κῶς NT+1st c.AD+