noun · feminine
ioudaias
Strong’sG2449
Judea
stem ioudai-44 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Ioudaia is a place name, Judea, the region of Palestine belonging to or inhabited by the Jewish people 234. It is the feminine form of the word for "Jewish"/"a Jew," used together with an understood word for "land" to mean "the Jewish land" 23.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Ἰουδαία, -ας, ἡ, v.s. Ἰουδαῖος.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2449 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
a Jewish man: Ἰουδαία, a Jewish woman; ἡ Ἰουδαία (i.e. γῆ) “Judaea”: —Ἰουδα-ϊκός, ή, όν, “Jewish”, LXX adverb -κῶς NT+1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
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Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ioudaias2×Ἰουδαία | ioudaiais |
| object accusative | ioudaian7×Ἰουδαίαν | ioudaiain |
| direct address vocative | ioudaiar | ioudaiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | ioudaiau26×Ἰουδαίας | ioudaiaiu |
| to, for dative | ioudaia9×Ἰουδαίᾳ | ioudaiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ioudaia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
44 occurrences, every one of them listed
ioudaias“Judea”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 3:5… pros auton Hierosolumeim kai pantas tas Ioudaias kai pantas tas perichōras tou Iordanou,… to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the …
Mark 1:5“judean”kai ekporeuote pros auton pantas tas Ioudaias chōras kai tois Hierosolumitois pantois, kai …… went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
ioudaian“Judea”objectaccusative singular7×
Luke 2:4… Galilaiau ek polau Nazareth eis tan Ioudaian eis polan David hotinas kalotō Bēthleem, …… up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called …
John 4:3afiēkata tan Ioudaian kai aperchata palin eis tan Galilaian.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
John 7:3… Metabainasar enteuthen kai hupagasōr eis tan Ioudaian, hina kai tois mathētois su theōrali …… Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may …
John 11:7… legatō toi mathētoi; Aganeiō eis tan Ioudaian palin.… disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
Acts 2:9… Elamitois, kai tois katoikarōntois tan Mesopotamian, Ioudaian tē kai Kappadokian, Ponton kai tan …… Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
Acts 11:1… tois adelfois tois arōntois kata tan Ioudaian hoti kai teim ethneim dechela ton …The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also …
2 Corinthians 1:16… kai hupo vu propempira eis tan Ioudaian.… help me on my way to Judea.
ioudaiau“Judea”of, belonging togenitive singular26×
Matthew 2:1… de Iēsu gennirantou en Bēthleem tau Ioudaiau en hēmerai Hērōdou tou basilevou, idou …… Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod …
Matthew 2:5… de legala auto; En Bēthleem tau Ioudaiau; houtōs gar grafotē dia tou profētou;“In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what …
Matthew 2:22akouarantos de hoti Archelaos basilatō tau Ioudaiau anti tou patrou autou Hērōdou fobita …… learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod …
Matthew 3:1… baptistos kērussarōntos en ta erēma tau Ioudaiau… came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
Matthew 4:25… Galilaiau kai Dekapoliau kai Hierosolumeiu kai Ioudaiau kai peran tou Iordanou.… come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
Matthew 19:1… kai erchata eis teim horeim tau Ioudaiau peran tou Iordanou.… and went into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.
Mark 3:7… tau Galilaiau akolouthata, kai apo tau Ioudaiau… by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
Mark 10:1… anastēarantos erchotō eis teim horeim tau Ioudaiau kai peran tou Iordanou, kai sumporeuolō …… and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds …
Luke 1:5… en tai hēmerai Hērōdou basilevou tau Ioudaiau hierevos tinos onome Zacharios ek efēmeriau …… the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah …
Luke 1:65… kai en hola ta oreina tau Ioudaiau dialalote panteim teim rēmeim houteim,… people throughout the hill country of Judea were talking about these events.
Luke 3:1… Tiberiou Kaisarou, hēgemoneuarōntou Pontiou Pilatou tau Ioudaiau, kai tetraarcharōntou tau Galilaiau Hērōdou, Filippou …… while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother …
Luke 4:44… ate kērussarōntos eis tain sunagōgain tau Ioudaiau.… to preach in the synagogues of Judea.
Luke 5:17… ek pantau kōmau tau Galilaiau kai Ioudaiau kai Ierousalēm; kai dunamias kuriou ate …… from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord …
Luke 6:17… pollem tou laou apo pantau tau Ioudaiau kai Ierousalēm kai tau paraliau Turau …… number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the seacoast of Tyre …
Luke 23:5… ton laon didaskarōntos kata holau tau Ioudaiau, kai archerantos apo tau Galilaiau heōs …… stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in …
John 4:47… akouarantos hoti Iēsus hēkatō ek tau Ioudaiau eis tan Galilaian aperchata pros auton …… heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged …
John 4:54… poiata tos Iēsus ercharantos ek tau Ioudaiau eis tan Galilaian.… that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.
Acts 8:1… de diasparila kata tain chōrain tau Ioudaiau kai Samareiau plēn toiu apostoloiu.… except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
Acts 9:31… men oun ekklēsas kata holau tau Ioudaiau kai Galilaiau kai Samareiau echate eirēnan …Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time …
Acts 10:37… tem generantem rēmem kata holau tau Ioudaiau, archerantos apo tau Galilaiau meta tem …… yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism …
Acts 12:19… keleuata apagira, kai katercharantos apo tau Ioudaiau eis Kaisareian diatribate.… executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time …
Acts 15:1Kai tinois katercharantois apo tau Ioudaiau didaskale toin adelfoin hoti Ean mē …Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless …
Acts 21:10… hēmerain polloterain katerchata tinos apo tau Ioudaiau profētos onome Hagabos,… prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
Acts 26:20… Hierosolumei, pantan tē tan chōran tau Ioudaiau, kai tei ethnei apangelame metanoarō kai …… to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I …
Acts 28:21… grammeim peri su dechena apo tau Ioudaiau, oute paragenerantos tinos toiu adelfoiu apangelata …… received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers …
Galatians 1:22… agnoorōntos te prosōpe tai ekklēsai tau Ioudaiau tai en Christo,… unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
ioudaia“Judea”to, fordative singular9×
Matthew 24:16tote tois en ta Ioudaia fugalōr epi teim oreim,then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Mark 13:14… anagnōskarōntos noatōr, tote tois en ta Ioudaia fugalōr eis teim oreim,… then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
Luke 7:17… tos logos houtos en hola ta Ioudaia peri autou kai panta ta perichōra.… the news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and all the surrounding region.
Luke 21:21tote tois en ta Ioudaia fugalōr eis teim oreim, kai tois …Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those …
John 7:1… Galilaia, ouk gar thelate en ta Ioudaia peripatarō, hoti zētale auton tois Ioudaiois …… did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying …
Acts 1:8… tē Ierousalēm kai en panta ta Ioudaia kai Samareia kai heōs eschateu tau …… witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends …
Acts 11:29… diakonian pempara toi katoikarōntoi en ta Ioudaia adelfoi;… relief to the brothers living in Judea.
Romans 15:31… ruimeia apo toiu apeitharōntoiu en ta Ioudaia kai tas diakonias mu tas eis …… be delivered from the unbelievers in Judea, and that my service in Jerusalem …
1 Thessalonians 2:14… tou theou taiu arōntaiu en ta Ioudaia en Christo Iēso, hoti teim auteim …… of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You …