Judah

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Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá), a son of Jacob. Doublet of Judas and Yehuda.

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Judah

  2. (biblical) The fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah; the father of Perez.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Genesis 35:22b-26:
      Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
  3. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Judah, from which David and his lineage came.
  4. (biblical) The southern Israelite kingdom which continued to be ruled by the Davidic dynasty after Solomon's death and the breakup of the united monarchy, with the northern portion keeping the name Israel.
  5. A male given name from Hebrew.

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