Judah
/ˈdʒuː.də/noun
A masculine biblical name and a historical kingdom in ancient Israel.
Did you know?Judah comes from the Hebrew root y-d-h, meaning “to praise” or “to give thanks,” and the same root is behind the name of the tribe from which the biblical royal line was said to come.
Etymological Timeline
Hebrew Bible
Hebrew
Yehudah
“A personal name and later the name of the tribe and kingdom of Judah, traditionally explained as “praised.””
3rd Century BCE
Greek
Ioudas
“Greek form of the Hebrew name, used in the Septuagint and other Jewish-Greek contexts.”
1st Century CE
Latin
Iuda
“Latin rendering of the biblical name and region.”
Old English
English
Iudea
“Biblical and historical Judah/Judea in early English religious texts.”
Modern English
English
Judah
“The English form of the biblical name.”