ἸουδάIoudá
Judah (i.e. Jehudah or Juttah), a part of (or place in) Palestine
Greek (New Testament) · G2448
Meanings
Judah, a prop. name; in Sept. 1. the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob. 2. the tribe that sprang from him. 3. the region which this tribe occupied (cf. W. 114 (108)); so in the N. T. in Mt. ii. 6 (twice); πόλις Ἰούδα (Judg. xvii. 8), a city of the tribe of Judah, Lk. i. 39, where it is a matter of dispute what city is meant; the most probable conjecture seems to be that Hebron is referred to, —a city assigned to the priests, situated 'in the hill country' (Χεβρὼν ἐν τῷ ὄρει Ἰούδα, Josh. xxi. 11), the native place of John the Baptist acc. to Jewish tradition. [Cf. B. D. Am. ed. s. v. Juda, a City of.]*
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 2:6 ‘And you, O Bethlehem in the land of Judah, are not least among the ruling cities of Judah, for a ruler will come from you who will be the shepherd for my people Israel.’”
- Luke 1:39 A few days later Mary hurried to the hill country of Judea, to the town
Source: J. H. Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain.