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Judah Praised
Judah is a Hebrew name meaning praised, said yeh-hoo-daw'. Jacob's fourth son, the tribe of David and of Christ, called a lion's whelp in his father's blessing.
Where the name comes from
יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory. Strong's H3063 derives it: from H3034 (יָדָה); celebrated.
Judah in Scripture
The name appears in 754 verses, first at Genesis 29:35.
Genesis 29:35 · KJV
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.
Genesis 35:23 · KJV
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:
Genesis 37:26 · KJV
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?
Genesis 38:1 · KJV
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
Genesis 38:2 · KJV
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
Genesis 38:6 · KJV
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
Genesis 38:7 · KJV
And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
Genesis 38:8 · KJV
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
Genesis 38:11 · KJV
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
Genesis 38:12 · KJV
And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah’s wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
Genesis 38:15 · KJV
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
Genesis 38:20 · KJV
And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman’s hand: but he found her not.
and 742 more.
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