GREEK · G2449
Ἰουδαία
Ioudaia — Judea
§ Judea, Judean, "land of the Judahites" Judea, the southern party of the country, below Samaria, Mt. 2:1, 5, 22; 3:1; metonymy the inhabitants of Judea
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Judea
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1436
גְּדַלְיָה
ge.dal.yah — Gedaliah
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.18 § Gedaliah = "Jehovah is great" 1) son of Ahikam, the governor of Judea appointed by Nebuchadnezzar 2) son of Amariah and grandson of Hezekiah 3) a priest of the sons of Jeshua in the time of Ezra
31 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8219
שְׁפֵלָה
she.phe.lah — Shephelah
1) lowland, valley 1a) lowland 1a1) strip west of Judean mountains (technical term) 1a1a) the Shephelah 1a2) strip near coast north of Carmel
19 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8660
תִּרְשָׁתָא
tir.sha.ta — governor
1) Tirshatha-governor 1a) a title used by the Persian governor in Judea 1a1) Nehemiah used this title
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8124
שִׁמְשַׁי
shim.shay — Shimshai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.8 § Shimshai = "sunny" the scribe for Rehum, the satrap of Judea for the Persian government
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2970
יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ
ya.a.zan.yah — Jaazaniah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.35.3; son of: Jeremiah (H3414N) § Jaazaniah = "Jehovah hears" 1) a Judean, son of the Maachathite, a captain of the Judean forces who visited Gedaliah at Mizpah after Gedaliah had been appointed governor of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar 2) son of Shaphan, an elder of Israel in the days of Ezekiel 3) son of Azur, one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to prophesy 4) a Rechabite, son of Jeremiah the prophet
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H177
אוּאֵל
u.el — Uel
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.34 § Uel = "wish or will of God" a Judean who had taken a foreign woman during the exile
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H186
אוּזַי
u.zay — Uzai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.25; father of: Palal (H6420) § Uzai = "I shall have my sprinklings" a Judean, one of the repairers of Jerusalem's walls
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After the Captivity this name was applied to the whole of the country west of the Jordan (Hag. 1:1, 14; 2:2). But under the Romans, in the time of Christ, it denoted the southernmost of the three divisions of Palestine (Matt. 2:1, 5; 3:1; 4:25), although it was also sometimes used for Palestine generally (Acts 28:21). The province of Judea, as distinguished from Galilee and Samaria, included the territories of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Dan, Simeon, and part of Ephraim. Under the Romans it was a part of the province of Syria, and was governed by a procurator.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.