Ioudaía — G2449

G2449 · Greek — Ἰουδαία

Pronunciation: ee-oo-dah'-yah

Definition

locative proper noun

the Judæan land (i.e. Judæa), a region of Palestine

  1. in a narrower sense, to the southern part of Palestine lying on this side of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, to distinguish it from Samaria, Galilee, Peraea, Idumaea
  2. in a broader sense, to all Palestine

Usually translated as

Judæa

Origin

feminine of G2453 (with G1093 implied)

Occurrences

Ioudaía occurs 16 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (4), Mark (2), Luke (4), John (2), Acts (3), Galatians (1)

Strong's Lexicon — I