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judah
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What does judah mean?
proper noun
- The fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah; the father of Perez.
- One of the Israelite tribes, and, according to some Abrahamic religions, descended from Judah, and from which David and his lineage came.
- A traditional region and ancient kingdom (c. 930 — 586 BCE) in the Land of Israel in modern Israel and Palestine; the southern Israelite kingdom which continued to be ruled by the Davidic dynasty after Solomon's death and the breakup of the united monarchy, with the northern portion keeping the name Israel.
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proper noun
- A male given name from Hebrew.
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His countenance like a lion's and inflamed with wrath, Judah attacked the army, and slew twelve myriads of tried and famous warriors.
Hezekiah's resistance checked the action of Assyrian influence on Judah for a time.
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And from this lion of the Tribe of Judah, is born that Divine love and sympathy which ultimately redeems and purifies the soul and saves it from death in matter.
And that city was also sacerdotal, that is to say, sanctuary of the tribe of Judah; and it was so free, that men received there all manner of fugitives of other places for their evil deeds.
"Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them."