Judah
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Judah (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה, Standard Yəhuda Tiberian Yəhûḏāh, "God" + "Thanks") is the name of several Biblical and historical figures. The original Greek text of the New Testament makes no difference between the names "Judah", "Judas" and "Jude", rendering them all as Ioudas; but in many English translations "Judah" is used for the Old Testament figure and the tribe named after him, "Judas" is used primarily for Judas Iscariot, and "Jude" for other New Testament persons of the same name.
The name Judah can refer to:
In places:
- The Tribe of Judah, the tribe of Israel formed by the offspring of the Biblical figure Jacob (Israel)
- The Kingdom of Judah, the kingdom ruled by the house of David after the Kingdom of Israel broke off following the death of King Solomon
- Judea, the southern part of the land of Israel in the period from the end of the Kingdom of Judah (c. 586 BC) to the Roman time
In ancient people:
- Judah (Biblical figure), one of the sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob (Israel)
- Judah Maccabee, leader of the Maccabean Revolt against the Selucid empire
- Judah, son of Simeon Tharsi, possibly the great-nephew of Judas Maccabeus
- Judah, is the name given to the alleged son of Jesus and Mary Magdalene[1]
- Judah, coadjutor of Josephus, mentioned in Josephus's Vita
- Judah haNasi, chief redactor of the Mishnah and key second-century Jewish leader
- Judah II, third-century Jewish sage
- Judah III, third- and fourth-century Jewish sage
In modern people:
- Judah (Russian family), family prominent in the communal life of Grodno and Lithuania during the greater part of the sixteenth century
- Judah Bogdanovich, chief founder of the Judah family, born about 1475 and died about 1546 at Grodno
- Aaron Judah, UK writer
- Henry M. Judah, American soldier
- Theodore Judah, American engineer who dreamed of the first transcontinental railroad
- Ras Judah Ras Judah, Reggae musician from Botswana, now living in New Zealand
- Judah Nagler, singer, guitarist and songwriter for indie-pop band The Velvet Teen.
- Zab Judah, former world champion welterweight boxer.
