BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3057
ye.hu.diy.yah — Judahite wife
A woman of the tribe of Judah, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.18; married to Mered (H4778)(?); mother of: Jered (H3382H), Heber (H2268I) and Jekuthiel (H3354) § adj f 1) the Jewess Jehudijah = Jewess 2) (CLBL) a Calebite, the wife of one named Ezra
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3067
ye.hu.dit — Judith
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.26.34; daughter of: Beeri (H0882); married to Esau (H6215) § Judith = "Jewess" or "praised" the daughter of Beeri the Hittite and wife of Esau
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →A woman of Hebrew birth, as Eunice, the mother of Timothy (Acts 16:1; 2 Tim. 1:5), and Drusilla (Acts 24:24), wife of Felix, and daughter of Herod Agrippa I.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
