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Ἰουδαῖος G2453

G2453 is the Greek word Ἰουδαῖος, transliterated Ioudaîos. The King James Version most often renders it jews.

Word: ἸουδαῖοςTransliteration: IoudaîosLanguage: GreekIn the KJV: 166 verses

What it means

Judæan, i.e. belonging to Jehudah.

Where it comes from

from G2448 (Ἰουδά) (in the sense of G2455 (Ἰούδας) as a country).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 174 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

jews 144×jew 22×jews' 4×jewess 2×judaea 1×certain jews 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: Jew(-ess), of Judæa.

Verses using Ἰουδαῖος

The first 40 of 166 verses, quoted in full.

Matthew 2:2 · KJV

Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.

Matthew 27:11 · KJV

And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.

Matthew 28:15 · KJV

So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.

Mark 7:3 · KJV

For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.

Mark 15:2 · KJV

And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.

Luke 7:3 · KJV

And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

Luke 23:3 · KJV

And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

Luke 23:37 · KJV

And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.

Luke 23:51 · KJV

(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

John 1:19 · KJV

And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

John 2:6 · KJV

And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

John 2:13 · KJV

And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

John 2:18 · KJV

Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

John 2:20 · KJV

Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

John 3:25 · KJV

Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.

John 4:9 · KJV

Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

John 5:1 · KJV

After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

John 5:10 · KJV

The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

John 5:15 · KJV

The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

John 5:16 · KJV

And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

John 5:18 · KJV

Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

John 6:4 · KJV

And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

John 6:41 · KJV

The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

John 6:52 · KJV

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

John 7:1 · KJV

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

John 7:2 · KJV

Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.

John 7:11 · KJV

Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

John 7:15 · KJV

And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

John 7:35 · KJV

Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

John 8:22 · KJV

Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

John 8:31 · KJV

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;

John 8:48 · KJV

Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

John 8:52 · KJV

Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

John 8:57 · KJV

Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

John 9:18 · KJV

But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

John 9:22 · KJV

These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

John 10:19 · KJV

There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

John 10:24 · KJV

Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.

John 10:31 · KJV

Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.

John 10:33 · KJV

The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

Common questions

What does Strong's G2453 mean?

G2453 is the Greek word Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), meaning Judæan, i.e. belonging to Jehudah.

How is G2453 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it jews (144 times), jew (22 times), jews' (4 times), jewess (2 times), judaea (1 time), among others.

How many times does G2453 appear in the Bible?

Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos) is tagged in 166 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does G2453 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from G2448 (Ἰουδά) (in the sense of G2455 (Ἰούδας) as a country).

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