adjective
ioudaios
Strong’sG2453
Jewish
stem ioudai-194 times in the New Testamentin 12 of 27 books12 of 26 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
Jewish — describing a person, place, or thing as belonging to the Jewish people: used of a man, woman, false prophet, high priest, land, or region 1. As a noun, it means a Jew (or, in the feminine, a Jewess) 13, a member of the Jewish people, sometimes referring to the Jewish nation generally, sometimes distinguishing Jews from Gentiles, sometimes to Jewish Christians, and sometimes specifically to the Jewish ruling class opposed to Jesus 1. The word derives from a term meaning "belonging to Judah" 2.
The feminine form, used with an understood word for "land" or "region," names the place Judaea 13.
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
Ἰουδαῖος, -αία, -αῖον
(< Ἰούδας),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2453 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidee-oo-dah'-yos
Judæan, i.e. belonging to Jehudah
Fromfrom G2448 (in the sense of G2455 as a country);
King JamesJew(-ess), of Judæa.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ioudaios13×Ἰουδαῖος | ioudaias | ioudaiem | ioudaiois55×Ἰουδαῖοι | ioudaiais | ioudaieim |
| object accusative | ioudaion2×Ἰουδαῖον | ioudaian1×Ἰουδαίαν | ioudaioin17×Ἰουδαίους | ioudaiain | ||
| direct address vocative | ioudaior | ioudaiar | ioudaioir2×Ἰουδαῖοι | ioudaiair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | ioudaiou5×Ἰουδαίου | ioudaiau1×Ἰουδαίας | ioudaieu | ioudaioiu68×Ἰουδαίων | ioudaiaiu | ioudaieiu |
| to, for dative | ioudaio3×Ἰουδαίῳ | ioudaia1×Ἰουδαίᾳ | ioudaie | ioudaioi26×Ἰουδαίοις | ioudaiai | ioudaiei |
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
ioudai 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.
194 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
ioudaios“jew”subjectnominative singular13×
John 4:9… tas gunaikas tas Samaritias; Pōs sis Ioudaios arōntos para mu pinara aitasō gunaikau …“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You …
John 18:35apokrinita tos Pilatos; Mēti mis Ioudaios amō? tem ethnem tem sem kai …“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and …
Acts 18:24Ioudaios de tinos Apollos onome, Alexandrevos te …Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria …
Acts 19:34epignōskarantois de hoti Ioudaios atō fōnas geneta henas ek pantoiu …… they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for …
Acts 21:39… tos Paulos; Mis anthrōpos men amō Ioudaios, Tarsevos tau Kilikiau, ouk asēmau polau …But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen …
Acts 22:3Mis amō andros Ioudaios, gennorēntos en Tarsa tau Kilikiau, anatreforēntos …“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but …
Romans 2:17Ei de sis Ioudaios eponomazosō kai epanapauosō nomo kai kauchosō …… you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law …
Romans 2:28ouk gar tos en te fanere Ioudaios atō, oude tas en te fanere …A man is not a Jew because he is one outwardly, nor …
Romans 2:29alla tos en te krupte Ioudaios, kai peritomas kardiau en pneume ouk …No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and …
1 Corinthians 9:20kai genema toi Ioudaioi hōs Ioudaios, hina Ioudaioin kerdainameia; toi hupo nomon …… the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those …
Galatians 2:14… to Kēfo emprosthen pantoiu; Ei sis Ioudaios huparcharōntos ethnikōs kai ouk Ioudaikōs zōasō, …… all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not …
Galatians 3:28ouk eniatō Ioudaios oude Hellēnos, ouk eniatō doulos oude …There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male …
Colossians 3:11hopou ouk eniatō Hellēnos kai Ioudaios, peritomas kai akrobustias, barbaros, Skuthos, doulos, …Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave …
ioudaion“jew”objectaccusative singular2×
Acts 13:6… Pafau heuriskala andron tinon magon pseudoprofēton Ioudaion ho onomem Bariēsu,… as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
Acts 18:2kai heuriskarantos tinon Ioudaion onome Akulon, Pontikon te gene, prosfatōs …There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus …
ioudaiou“jew”of, belonging togenitive singular5×
John 3:25… zētēsias ek toiu mathētoiu Iōannou meta Ioudaiou peri katharismou.… between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
Acts 19:14ale de tinou Skevou Ioudaiou archierevou hepta huiois houtem poiarōntois.Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
Romans 2:9… psuchan anthrōpou tou katergazorōntou tem kakosem, Ioudaiou tē prōtem kai Hellēnou;… who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
Romans 3:1Tinem oun tem perissem tou Ioudaiou, ē tinas tas ōfeleias tau peritomau?… is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of …
Romans 10:12ouk gar atō diastolas Ioudaiou tē kai Hellēnou, tos gar autos …For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is …
ioudaio“jew”to, fordative singular3×
Acts 10:28… Vis epistovō hōs athemitem atō andro Ioudaio kollorō ē proserchorō allofulo; kami tos …… how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or …
Romans 1:16… atō eis sōtērēan panto to pisteuarōnto, Ioudaio tē prōtem kai Hellēno;… everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.
Romans 2:10… eirēnas panto to ergazorōnto tem agathem, Ioudaio tē prōtem kai Hellēno;… who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.
ioudaian“judean”objectaccusative singular1×
John 3:22… kai tois mathētois autou eis tan Ioudaian gēan, kai ekei diatribate meta autoiu …… and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time …
ioudaiau“jewish”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 16:1… ate ekei onome Timotheos, huios gunaikau Ioudaiau pistau, patrou de Hellēnou,… Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
ioudaia“jewish”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 24:24“jewish”… sun Drousilla ta idia gunaika arōnta Ioudaia metapempeta ton Paulon kai akouata autou …… Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about …
ioudaiois“jews”subjectnominative plural55×, 18 shown
Mark 7:3tois gar Farisaiois kai pantois tois Ioudaiois ean mē pugma nipteleia tain cheirain …… elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash …
John 1:19… marturias tou Iōannou hote apostelala tois Ioudaiois ek Hierosolumeiu hierevoin kai Leuitoin hina …… this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites …
John 2:18apokrinila oun tois Ioudaiois kai legala auto; Tinem sēmem deikasō …On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show …
John 2:20legala oun tois Ioudaiois; Tesserakonta kai hex etei oikodomita tos …… took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to …
John 4:9… gunaikau Samaritiau arōntau? ouk gar sunchrolō Ioudaiois Samaritoi.… from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
John 5:10legale oun tois Ioudaiois to therapeuorēnto; Sabbatem atō, kai ouk …so the Jews said to the man who had …
John 5:16kai dia houtem diōkale tois Ioudaiois ton Iēsun hoti houteim poiate en …… these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
John 5:18… houtem oun mallon zētale auton tois Ioudaiois apoktenara hoti ouk monem luate tem …Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill …
John 6:41Gonguzale oun tois Ioudaiois peri autou hoti legata; Mis amō …At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because …
John 6:52Machole oun pros allēloin tois Ioudaiois legarōntois; Pōs dunotō houtos ni dōara …At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How …
John 7:1… Ioudaia peripatarō, hoti zētale auton tois Ioudaiois apoktenara.… to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
John 7:11tois oun Ioudaiois zētale auton en ta heorta kai …So the Jews were looking for Him at the …
John 7:15thaumazale oun tois Ioudaiois legarōntois; Pōs houtos grammeim oidatē mē …The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did …
John 7:35legala oun tois Ioudaiois pros heautoin; Pou houtos mellatō poreuorō …At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does …
John 8:22legale oun tois Ioudaiois; Mēti apoktenati heauton hoti legatō; Hopou …So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill …
John 8:48Apokrinila tois Ioudaiois kai legala auto; Ouk kalōs leganō …The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right …
John 8:52legala auto tois Ioudaiois; Nun gnōskanē hoti daimonem echasō. Abraam …… You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the …
John 8:57legala oun tois Ioudaiois pros auton; Pentēkonta eteim oupō echasō …Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not …
ioudaioin“jews”objectaccusative plural17×
John 8:31… tos Iēsus pros toin pisteuarēntoin auto Ioudaioin; Ean vis menaveia en to logo …So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you …
John 9:22… tois gonevois autou hoti fobole toin Ioudaioin, ēdē gar suntitholelē tois Ioudaiois hina …… afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who …
John 11:33… autan klaiarōntan kai toin sunercharantoin auta Ioudaioin klaiarōntoin embrimeta te pneume kai tarassata …… Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also …
John 18:38… houtem legarantos palin exerchata pros toin Ioudaioin, kai legatō autoi; Mis oudenan heuriskamō …… he went out again to the Jews and told them, “I find no …
Acts 9:22… de mallon endunamote kai sunchate toin Ioudaioin toin katoikarōntoin en Damaska, sumbibazarōntos hoti …… the more, and he confounded the Jews living in Damascus by proving that …
Acts 16:3… kai labarantos peritemata auton dia toin Ioudaioin toin arōntoin en toi topoi ekeinoi, …… circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all …
Acts 18:2… tem diatassarē Klaudion chōrizorō pantoin toin Ioudaioin apo tau Rōmau, proserchata autoi,… because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to …
Acts 18:4… sunagōga kata pantem sabbatem, peithate tē Ioudaioin kai Hellēnoin.… in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
Acts 18:14… stomem legata tos Galliōnos pros toin Ioudaioin; Ei men ate adikēmem tinem ē …… about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing …
Acts 19:10… Asian akouara ton logon tou kuriou, Ioudaioin tē kai Hellēnoin.… lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word …
Acts 21:21… Mōusou toin kata teim ethneim pantoin Ioudaioin, legarōntos mē peritemarō autoin teim tekneim …… impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to …
Acts 25:10… stēarēntos amō, hou min datō krinorō. Ioudaioin oudenem adikama, hōs kai sis kaloterem …… have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
Acts 26:3“jews”… gnōstēon arōnton sin panteiu teiu kata Ioudaioin etheiu tē kai zētēmeiu; dio domō …especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen …
Romans 3:9… oun? proechonō? ouk pantōs, proaitiena gar Ioudaioin tē kai Hellēnoin pantoin hupo hamartan …… have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under …
1 Corinthians 9:20… genema toi Ioudaioi hōs Ioudaios, hina Ioudaioin kerdainameia; toi hupo nomon hōs hupo …… like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I …
Revelation 2:9… kai tan blasfēmian ek toiu legarōntoiu Ioudaioin arō heautoin, kai ouk alō, alla …… those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue …
Revelation 3:9… sunagōgau tou Satanou, toiu legarōntoiu heautoin Ioudaioin arō, kai ouk alō alla pseudolō …… of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead, I will …
ioudaioir“jews”direct addressvocative plural2×
Acts 2:14… fōnan autou kai apofthengeta autoi; Androir Ioudaioir kai tois katoikarōntoir Ierousalēm pantoir, houtem …… voice, and addressed the crowd: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem …
Acts 18:14… adikēmem tinem ē radiourgēmem ponērem, ō Ioudaioir, kata logon an anechema vu;… a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me …
ioudaioiu“jews”of, belonging togenitive plural68×, 19 shown
Matthew 2:2… Pou atō tos tiktirantos basilevos toiu Ioudaioiu? horana gar autou ton asteron en …… has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the …
Matthew 27:11… legarōntos; Sis asō tos basilevos toiu Ioudaioiu? tos de Iēsus fēate; Sis legasō.… Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
Matthew 27:29… empaizala auto legarōntois; Chairasōr, basilevor toiu Ioudaioiu,… Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”
Matthew 27:37… Houtos atō Iēsus tos basilevos toiu Ioudaioiu.… IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Mark 15:2… Pilatos; Sis asō tos basilevos toiu Ioudaioiu? tos de apokrinirantos auto legatō; Sis …… Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
Mark 15:9… Thelavō apoluameia vi ton basilevon toiu Ioudaioiu?… to you the King of the Jews?” Pilate asked.
Mark 15:12… poiameia hon legavō ton basilevon toiu Ioudaioiu?… you call the King of the Jews?”
Mark 15:18… archela aspazorō auton; Chairasōr, basilevor toiu Ioudaioiu;… salute Him: “Hail, King of the Jews!”
Mark 15:26… aitiau autou epigraforēntas; Tos basilevos toiu Ioudaioiu.… Him read: THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Luke 7:3… Iēsu apostelata pros auton presbuteroin toiu Ioudaioiu, erōtarōntos auton hopōs ercharantos diasōzateia ton …… heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come …
Luke 23:3… legarōntos; Sis asō tos basilevos toiu Ioudaioiu? tos de apokrinirantos auto fēate; Sis …… Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
Luke 23:37… Ei sis asō tos basilevos toiu Ioudaioiu, sōzasar siauton.… You are the King of the Jews,” they said, “save Yourself!”
Luke 23:38… epigrafas epi auto; Tos basilevos toiu Ioudaioiu houtos.… THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
Luke 23:51… praxia autoiu apo Harimathaiau polau toiu Ioudaioiu, hos prosdechote tan basileian tou theou,… or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea and was waiting …
John 2:6… hudriais hex kata ton katharismon toiu Ioudaioiu keiorōntais, chōrarōntais ana metrētoin duo ē …… had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold …
John 2:13“jews”Kai engus ate tem pascha toiu Ioudaioiu, kai anabainata eis Hierosolumeim tos Iēsus.When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 3:1… Farisaioiu, Nikodēmos onomem auto, archontos toiu Ioudaioiu;… named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
John 4:22… oidanē, hoti tas sōtērēas ek toiu Ioudaioiu atō;… know, for salvation is from the Jews.
John 5:1Meta houteim ate heortas toiu Ioudaioiu, kai anabainata Iēsus eis Hierosolumeim.… there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
ioudaioi“jews”to, fordative plural26×, 18 shown
Matthew 28:15… Kai diafēmizita tos logos houtos para Ioudaioi mechris tau sēmeron hēmerau.… account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.
John 5:15aperchata tos anthrōpos kai anangelata toi Ioudaioi hoti Iēsus atō tos poiarantos auton …… man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had …
John 10:19Schismem palin geneta en toi Ioudaioi dia toin logoin houtoin.Again there was division among the Jews because of Jesus’ message.
John 11:54… Iēsus ouketi parrēsia peripatate en toi Ioudaioi, alla aperchata ekeithen eis tan chōran …… longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town …
John 13:33… zētavi min, kai kathōs legama toi Ioudaioi hoti Hopou mis hupagamō vis ouk …… and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you …
John 18:14ate de Kaiafos tos sumbouleuarantos toi Ioudaioi hoti sumferatō henon anthrōpon apothnēskara huper …… the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better if …
John 18:36… agōnizole an, hina mē paradōimeia toi Ioudaioi; nun de tas basileias tas ēmas …… to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not …
John 19:14… ate hōs hektas. kai legatō toi Ioudaioi; Ide tos basilevos vu.… hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”
John 19:40“jews”… teiu arōmeiu, kathōs ethem atō toi Ioudaioi entafiazarō.… cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.
Acts 11:19… lalarōntois ton logon ei mē monem Ioudaioi.… Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
Acts 12:3horarantos de hoti arestem atō toi Ioudaioi prostitheta sullabara kai Petron ale de …And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during …
Acts 14:4… kai tois men ale sun toi Ioudaioi tois de sun toi apostoloi.… were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.
Acts 17:17… men oun en ta sunagōga toi Ioudaioi kai toi seborōntoi kai en ta …… reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and God-fearing Gentiles, and in the …
Acts 18:5… to logo tos Paulos, diamarturorōntos toi Ioudaioi arō ton christon Iēsun.… to the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.
Acts 18:19… eisercharantos eis tan sunagōgan dialegeta toi Ioudaioi.… synagogue there and reasoned with the Jews.
Acts 18:28eutonōs gar toi Ioudaioi diakatelenchote dēmosia epideikarōntos dia taiu grafaiu …For he powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate, proving from the …
Acts 19:17houtem de geneta gnōstem pantoi Ioudaioi tē kai Hellēnoi toi katoikarōntoi tan …This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and …
Acts 20:21diamarturorōntos Ioudaioi tē kai Hellēnoi tan eis theon …testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to …