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Judah (Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
: ????????, Standard Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
: Y?huda; Tiberian vocalization
Tiberian vocalization

Tiberian Hebrew is an extinct but very well documented oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient Hebrew language, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was given written form by Masoretes scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias, in the early Middle Ages, beginning in the 8th century....
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Judah (Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
: ????????, Standard Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
: Y?huda; Tiberian vocalization
Tiberian vocalization

Tiberian Hebrew is an extinct but very well documented oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient Hebrew language, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was given written form by Masoretes scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias, in the early Middle Ages, beginning in the 8th century....
: , "Celebrated, praised") is the name of several Biblical and historical figures. The original Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, as recorded in Genesis 29:35. The original Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 text of the New Testament
New Testament

The New Testament is the name given to the second major division of the Christianity Bible, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
 makes no difference between the names "Judah", "Judas
Judas

Judas is the anglicized Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Yehudah , also rendered in English as Judah.*Judah , a son of the patriarch Jacob and ancestor of the royal line of biblical Israel....
" and "Jude
Jude

Jude may refer to:* Jude the Apostle, an apostle also called Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus, the patron saint of lost causes in the Catholic Church* Epistle of Jude, a book of the New Testament of the Bible...
", rendering them all as Ioudas; but in many English translations "Judah" is used for the figure in the Tanakh
Tanakh

The Tanakh is the Bible used in Judaism. The name "Tanakh" is a Hebrew language Acronym and initialism formed from the initial Hebrew alphabet of the Tanakh's three traditional subdivisions: The Torah , Nevi'im and Ketuvim - hence TaNaKh....
 and the tribe named after him, "Judas" is used primarily for Judas Iscariot
Judas Iscariot

'Judas Iscariot', "Yehuda" was, according to the New Testament, one of the twelve original Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Among the twelve, he was apparently designated to keep account of the "accountant" , but he is most traditionally known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities....
, and "Jude
Jude, brother of Jesus

Jude is the third of the brothers of Jesus appearing in the New Testament....
" for other New Testament
New Testament

The New Testament is the name given to the second major division of the Christianity Bible, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
 persons of the same name.

In Matthew 1 and Luke 3 Judah, the son of Jacob and Leah, is the progenitor of Jesus.

The Bible itself mentions no other people of the name, except the original one; however, it became a very common name among Jews in Hellenistic times and remains such up to the present.

The name Judah can refer to:

  • Judah (Bible), one of the sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob (Israel)
All later individuals, groups and places of this name are directly or indirectly derived from this Judah.

Ethnic, political and geographic names and terms

  • The Tribe of Judah
    Tribe of Judah

    According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Judah was one of the twelve Israelites.Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes....
    , the Hebrew tribe whose members regarded the above as their eponymous ancestor
  • The Kingdom of Judah
    Kingdom of Judah

    The Kingdom of Judah existed at two periods in Jewish history. According to the Hebrew Bible, a kingdom emerged in Judah after the death of Saul, when the tribe of Judah elevated David to rule over it....
    , the kingdom dominated by the Tribe of Judah and ruled by the House of David, from the breaking off of the Kingdom of Israel following the death of King Solomon until the Babylonian Exile
  • Judea
    Judea

    Judea or Jud?a is the name given to the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel , an area now divided between Israel and the West Bank ....
    , the former territory of the Kingdom of Judah after its demise (c. 586 BC), being successively a Babylonian, a Persian, a Ptolemaic and a Seleucid province, an independent kingdom under the Hasmoneans regarding itself as successor of the Biblical one, a Roman dependent kingdom and a Roman province
  • Iudaea Province
    Iudaea Province

    Iudaea was a Roman province that extended over the former region of the Hasmonean and Herodian kingdoms of Israel. It was named after the tetrarchy of Judea of which it was an expansion, the latter name deriving from the Kingdom of Judah of the 6th century BCE....
    , Roman province, with the Latin spelling
  • Jew
    Jew

    A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
    , derived from Hebrew "Yehudi" ????? (literally, "Judean"); the derivation is more clear in German "Jude" and in Slavic "Zid"
  • Judean Mountains
    Judean Mountains

    The Judean Mountains, also referred to as the Judean Hills or Hebron Hills and Jibal al-Khalil, is the name for the mountain range of the Judea region upon which Jerusalem and several other biblical cities are located....
    , modern Israeli name for the mountains around Jerusalem, politically divided between Israel and the Occupied West Bank
  • Judea and Samaria
    Judea and Samaria

    Judea and Samaria is the official Israeli term roughly corresponding to the territory usually known outside Israel as the West Bank. Jordan occupied the territory and annexed it in 1950....
    , official Israeli name for the West Bank
    West Bank

    The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
    .


Other places
  • Judah, Indiana
    Judah, Indiana

    Judah is an unincorporated town in Marshall Township, Lawrence County, Indiana, Lawrence County, Indiana, Indiana....
    , a small town in the United States


People


Given name


Persons that had only the name Judah
Those persons had neither middle name nor last name
  • Judah Maccabee, leader of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid empire
  • Judah haNasi
    Judah haNasi

    Rabbi Judah haNasi, , also known as "Rabbi" and "Rabeinu HaKadosh" , was a key leader of the Jewish community of Judea toward the end of the 2nd century CE, during the occupation by the Roman Empire....
    , chief redactor of the Mishnah and second-century Jewish leader
  • Judah II
    Judah II

    Judah II was a famous Jewish sage who lived in Tiberias in the Land of Israel, in the middle of the third century CE. He is mentioned in the classical works of Judaism's oral law, the Mishnah and Talmud....
    , third-century Jewish sage
  • Judah III
    Judah III

    Judah III held the office of Nasi of the ancient Jewish Sanhedrin between 290 and 320 CE. He is a famous Jewish sage mentioned in the classical works of Judaism's oral law, who lived during the third and beginning of the fourth century CE....
    , third- and fourth-century Jewish sage
  • Judas Iscariot
    Judas Iscariot

    'Judas Iscariot', "Yehuda" was, according to the New Testament, one of the twelve original Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Among the twelve, he was apparently designated to keep account of the "accountant" , but he is most traditionally known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities....
  • Yehuda Halevi
    Yehuda Halevi

    Judah Halevi, in full Judah ben Shemuel Ha-Levi, also Yehuda Halevi, or Yehuda ben Samuel Halevi was a Sephardic philosopher and poet....
    , prominent Medieval Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet


Persons that had Judah as their first or middle name
  • Judah P. Benjamin
    Judah P. Benjamin

    Judah Philip Benjamin was an American politician and lawyer. He was born a British subject in the West Indies, became a citizen of the United States and then the Confederate States of America....
    , a politician and lawyer in the United States and Confederate States of America
  • Judah Nagler
    Judah Nagler

    Judah Nagler is the singer for The Velvet Teen, an Indie Music/Baroque Pop band from Santa Rosa in Northern California. He was born on June 19, 1980....
    , singer, guitarist and songwriter for indie-pop band The Velvet Teen
    The Velvet Teen

    The Velvet Teen is an Indie Music band from Northern California.The Velvet Teen was founded by Judah Nagler and Logan Whitehurst as a side project from their other bands, Tin Circus and Little Tin Frog....
  • Yehuda Alharizi
    Yehuda Alharizi

    Yehuda Alharizi, also Judah ben Solomon Harizi or al-Harizi was a rabbi, translator, poet and traveller active in Spain in the Middle Ages ....
    , prominent Medieval Spanish Jewish rabbi, translator, poet and traveller
  • Yehuda Amichai
    Yehuda Amichai

    Yehuda Amichai was an Israelis poet. He is considered one of Israel's leading poets in modern times, and was one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew language....
    , Israeli poet
  • Yehuda Amital
    Yehuda Amital

    Rabbi Yehuda Amital, , born Yehuda Klein on 31 October 1924) is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion and a former member of the Cabinet of Israel....
    , Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion and a former member of the Israeli cabinet
  • Judah Lew ben Bezalel, the Maharal, an important Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic, and philosopher who served as a leading rabbi in Prague (now in the Czech Republic) for most of his life
  • Yehuda Gilad, clarinetist
  • Yehuda Gilad
    Yehuda Gilad (politician)

    Rabbi Yehuda Gilad is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Meimad between 2002 and 2003....
    , rabbi and politician
  • Yehuda Krinsky, Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi
  • Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin
    Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin

    File:Netziv.gifRabbi Rabbi Naphtali Tzvi Judah Berlin was the Rosh yeshiva of the Volozhin Yeshiva and author of several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuanian Jews....
    , Rosh yeshiva of the Volozhin yeshiva and author of several works of rabbinic literature in Lithuania
  • Dr. Judah Folkman, American Cellular Biologist. Founder of the field of antiangiogenesis.
  • Judah Friedlander
    Judah Friedlander

    Judah Friedlander is an American comedian and actor, known for his trademark trucker's hats, oversized glasses and unkempt appearance, which he retains in most of his screen roles....
    , American Actor. *30 Rock
    30 Rock

    30 Rock is an United States television comedy series created by Tina Fey that currently airs on NBC. The series takes place behind the scenes of a fictional Live television sketch comedy series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the GE Building where NBC Studios is located and which has the address "30 Rockefeller Pla...
  • Judah Grayson, Korean/ American student. First Korean with the name Judah.


Others
  • Haile Selassie I, as known by the Rastafarians that he is the Lion of Judah, and is a direct descendant of David.


Surname

  • Henry M. Judah
    Henry M. Judah

    Henry Moses Judah was a career officer in the United States Army, serving during the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. He is most remembered for his role in helping thwart Morgan's Raid in 1863 and for leading a disastrous attack during the Battle of Resaca....
    , American soldier
  • Theodore Judah
    Theodore Judah

    Theodore Dehone Judah was an American railroad engineer who dreamed of the First Transcontinental Railroad and launched the Central Pacific Railroad....
    , American engineer who dreamed of the first transcontinental railroad
  • Zab Judah
    Zab Judah

    Zabdiel Judah is an American Professional boxing, who is a former International Boxing Federation and World Boxing Organization junior welterweight champion and former List of undisputed boxing champions#Welterweight and is ranked #9 in the welterweight division by The Ring ....
    , former world champion welterweight boxer


Organizations

  • Bnei Yehuda
    Bnei Yehuda

    Bnei Yehuda may refer to:*Bnei Yehuda, Golan Heights, a moshav on the Golan Heights*Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C., a football club from Tel Aviv...
    , Israeli football team (literally, "Sons of Judah" or "Sons of Judea")
  • Hapoel Mahane Yehuda F.C.
    Hapoel Mahane Yehuda F.C.

    Hapoel Mahane Yehuda is an Israeli football club based in the Mahane Yehuda neighbourhood of Petah Tikva. The club currently plays in Liga Bet, the fifth level of Israeli football, though in the past they have played in the top division....
    , Israeli football team
  • Yehuda Matzos
    Yehuda Matzos

    Yehuda Matzos Moshe Ludmir & Sons Ltd. , or simply Yehuda Matzos is a large Israeli matzo company based in Jerusalem which is a large local mazto company and leading exporter to the United States, Canada, and other countries....
    , an Israeli matza company
  • Young Judaea
    Young Judaea

    Young Judaea is a peer-led Zionist youth movement of Hadassah. It runs programs throughout the United States for Jewish youth in grades 3-12. In Hebrew, Young Judaea is called Yehudah Hatzair or is sometimes referred to as Hashachar, which means the dawn....
    , a peer-led Zionist youth movement of Hadassah
  • Mateh Yehuda Regional Council
    Mateh Yehuda Regional Council

    Mateh Yehuda Regional Council is a Regional council in the Jerusalem District of Israel.The name of the regional council stems from the fact that its territory was part of the land allotted to the Tribe of Judah, according to the Bible....
  • Mahane Yehuda Market
    Mahane Yehuda Market

    Mahaneh Yehuda Market , often referred to as the 'Shuk', is an outdoor marketplace in central Jerusalem, stretching between Jaffa Road and Agrippas Street....