Person
Judah
Yehudah
יְהוּדָה
Praise.
Related
Judah is Jacob’s fourth son by Leah. The royal line and the line of Christ run through him. His tribe gives its name to “Jew” and to the southern kingdom.
View Line of Christ
Matthew and Luke both frame a genealogy around Joseph, yet the names differ after David (Solomon in Matthew, Nathan in Luke). Scripture does not explain the difference. Common theories: (1) Matthew gives the legal/royal line and Luke another kinship line (blood, adoption, or levirate), both tied to Joseph; (2) one list is Joseph’s and Luke’s is Mary’s, with Joseph named because Yahshua was “as was supposed” his son (Luke 3:23)—a reading Luke never states outright; (3) both are Joseph’s by different reckonings (for example legal father and biological father). The chains below follow each Gospel as written.
Line of Christ (Matthew)
From Adam to Yahshua. Genesis carries the line to Abraham; Matthew’s genealogy carries it from Abraham to Yahshua through David and Solomon, ending at Joseph the husband of Mary.
- Adam
- Seth
- Enosh
- Kenan
- Mahalalel
- Jared
- Enoch
- Methuselah
- Lamech
- Noah
- Shem
- Arphaxad
- Shelah
- Eber
- Peleg
- Reu
- Serug
- Nahor
- Terah
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob
- Judah
- Perez
- Hezron
- Ram
- Amminadab
- Nahshon
- Salmon
- Boaz
- Obed
- Jesse
- David
- Solomon
- Rehoboam
- Abijah
- Asa
- Jehoshaphat
- Joram
- Uzziah
- Jotham
- Ahaz
- Hezekiah
- Manasseh
- Amon
- Josiah
- Jeconiah
- Shealtiel
- Zerubbabel
- Abiud
- Eliakim
- Azor
- Zadok
- Akim
- Eliud
- Eleazar
- Matthan
- Jacob (father of Joseph)
- Joseph (husband of Mary)
- Yahshua
Line of Christ (Luke)
Luke 3:23–38 as written: from Yahshua, “the son (as was supposed) of Joseph,” back through Heli and Nathan son of David to Adam. The names after David differ from Matthew.
- Adam
- Seth
- Enosh
- Kenan
- Mahalalel
- Jared
- Enoch
- Methuselah
- Lamech
- Noah
- Shem
- Arphaxad
- Cainan
- Shelah
- Eber
- Peleg
- Reu
- Serug
- Nahor
- Terah
- Abraham
- Isaac
- Jacob
- Judah
- Perez
- Hezron
- Aram
- Amminadab
- Nahshon
- Salmon
- Boaz
- Obed
- Jesse
- David
- Nathan
- Mattatha
- Menan
- Melea
- Eliakim
- Jonan
- Joseph
- Judah
- Simeon
- Levi
- Matthat
- Jorim
- Eliezer
- Jose
- Er
- Elmodam
- Cosam
- Addi
- Melchi
- Neri
- Shealtiel
- Zerubbabel
- Rhesa
- Joanan
- Judah
- Joseph
- Semein
- Mattathias
- Maath
- Naggai
- Esli
- Nahum
- Amos
- Mattathias
- Joseph
- Jannai
- Melchi
- Levi
- Matthat
- Heli
- Joseph (as was supposed)
- Yahshua
Strong’s
Strong’s dictionaries compiled by Open Scriptures, used under CC-BY-SA 4.0.
יְהוּדָה H3063
Yᵉhûwdâh · yeh-hoo-daw'
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906). Public-domain digital text.
יְהוּדָה H3063
יְהוּדָה820 proper name, masculine and of a territory Judah (treated Gen 29:35; Gen 49:8 (q. v. below) as if derived from Hoph`al of ידה = praised, object of praise (on ה compare Hiph`il אֲהוֺדֶ֑נּוּ Ps 28:7, יְהוֺדֶה Neh 11:17), but this dubious; relation to יְהֻד, II. יְהוּדִית: unexplained; see further JastrJBL xii, 1898, 61 ff.; Assyrian Ia-u-du, of land; Ia-u-da-ai, Judaean COTGloss) — I. proper name, masculine 1. son of Jacob and Leah, explained by Leah's words I will praise ׳י Gen 29:35 (J); compare Jacob's prediction, thy brethren shall praise thee Gen 49:8 (poem in J E), see also vGen 49:9 vGen 49:10 elsewhere Gen 37:26; Gen 38:1 + 14 t. Gen 38; Gen 43:3; Gen 43:8; Gen 44:14; Gen 44:16; Gen 44:18; Gen 46:28 (all J), Gen 35:23 (P), 1Chr 2:1; 1Chr 2:3; Ruth 4:12 בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה sons of Judah Gen 46:12; Num 26:19 (P), 1Chr 2:3; 1Chr 2:4; 1Chr 4:1.
2. tribe descended from Judah Deut 33:7 (poem), Num 1:7 (P), Deut 27:12 +; בְּנֵי יהודה Num 1:26; Josh 14:6 (D), Judg 1:8 +; שֵׁבֶט יהודה Josh 7:16 (J), 1Kgs 12:20; 2Kgs 17:18; Ps 78:68 מַטֵּה בְנֵי יהודה Josh 15:1; Josh 15:20; Josh 15:21; Josh 21:9 (all P), 1Chr 6:50 elsewhere מַטֵּה יהודה Exod 31:2; Exod 35:30; Exod 38:22; Num 1:27; Num 7:12; Num 13:6; Num 34:19; Josh 7:1; Josh 7:18; Josh 21:4 (all P); אישׁ יהודה Judg 15:20 +; אנשׁי יהודה 2Sam 2:4 +, (compare amelûti [ƒabê] Ia-u-du Tel el-AmarnaNo. 39 JastrJBL xii, 1893, 64).
3. nation, of southern kingdom under dynasty of David, as distinguished from northern kingdom of Ephraim or Israel: Hos 4:15; Jer 2:28; 2Chr 12:12 +; of the returned exiles Neh 4:4 עַם יהודה 2Kgs 14:21 = 2Chr 26:1; Jer 25:1; Jer 25:2; Ezra 4:4 בְּנֵי יהודה Hos 2:2; Jer 7:30; 2Chr 13:18; 2Chr 25:12; 2Chr 28:10 בֵּית יהודה Hos 1:7; Jer 3:18; Ezek 4:6 +; מַלְכוּת יהודה 2Chr 11:17 personified, ׳בַּת י Lam 1:15; Lam 2:2; Lam 2:5.
4. Levite, Ezra's time, Ezra 10:23.
5. an over-seer of Jerusalem Neh 11:9.
6. Levite musician Neh 12:8.
7. priest Neh 12:36.
II. proper name, of a territory land of Judah, feminine Isa 7:6; Jer 23:6 = Jer 33:16; Joel 4:30; Ps 114:2 +; ארץ יְהוּדָה 1Sam 22:5; 2Kgs 23:24 +; אדמת יהודה Isa 19:17 עָרֵי יהודה 2Sam 2:1; 1Kgs 12:17; 2Kgs 18:13; 2Kgs 23:5; 2Kgs 23:8; Isa 40:9; Isa 44:26; Zech 1:12; Ps 69:36; Lam 5:11 elsewhere 15 t. Chronicles, 23 t. Jeremiah; בִּיהודה Judg 15:9 +; מיהודה 1Kgs 13:1 +; הר יהודה the hill-country of Judah Josh 11:21(D), Josh 20:7; Josh 21:11 (P), 2Chr 27:4 נֶגֶב יהודה the south (country) of Judah 1Sam 27:10; 2Sam 24:7 מדבר יהודה Judg 1:16; Ps 63:1 (title).
יְהוּד H3061 · H3063
יְהוּד proper name, of a territory Judah (secondary formative from following according to M§ 68. b Buhl; compare Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה); — Dan 5:13b; Ezra 5:1; Ezra 5:8; Ezra 7:14 ׳בְּנֵי גָּלוּתָא דַּי י Dan 2:25; Dan 5:13a; Dan 6:14.