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