noun · masculine
ioudaismos
GreekἸουδαϊσμός (ioudaismos)
Strong’sG2454
the Jewish religion, Judaism
stem ioudaism-2 times in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† Ἰουδαϊσμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< Ἰουδαΐζω), [in LXX: II Mac 2:21 8:1 14:38, IV Mac 4:26*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2454 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidee-oo-dah-is-mos'
"Judaism", i.e. the Jewish faith and usages
Fromfrom G2450;
King JamesJews' religion.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ioudaismos | ioudaismois |
| object accusative | ioudaismon | ioudaismoin |
| direct address vocative | ioudaismor | ioudaismoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | ioudaismou | ioudaismoiu |
| to, for dative | ioudaismo2×Ἰουδαϊσμῷ | ioudaismoi |
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
ioudaismo 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
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
ioudaismo“Judaism”to, fordative singular2×
Galatians 1:13“Judaism”Akouava gar tan ēman anastrofan pote en to Ioudaismo, hoti kata huperbolan diōkame tan ekklēsan tou theou kai porthame autan,For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
Galatians 1:14“Judaism”kai prokoptame en to Ioudaismo huper polloin sunēlikiōtoin en te gene mu, perissoterōs zēlōtos huparcharōtos taiu patrikaiu mu paradosiaiu.I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers.