Bible Names

Judah: meaning of the name

Judah means “the praise of the Lord; confession.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Judah in Hebrew and Greek

יְהוּד H3061

Yᵉhûwd (yeh-hood') — properly, Judah, hence, Judaea

(Aramaic) contracted from a form corresponding to H3063 (יְהוּדָה);

יְהוּדָה H3063

Yᵉhûwdâh (yeh-hoo-daw') — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

from H3034 (יָדָה); celebrated;

Ἰουδά G2448

Ioudá — Judah (i.e. Jehudah or Juttah), a part of (or place in) Palestine

of Hebrew origin (H03063 or perhaps H03194);

People named Judah in the Bible

Judah in Scripture

“Judah” appears in 755 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 29:35

    And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the Lord: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing.

  • Genesis 35:23

    The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun:

  • Genesis 37:26

    And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

  • Genesis 38:1

    And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

  • Genesis 38:2

    And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

  • Genesis 38:6

    And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.

  • Genesis 38:7

    And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.

  • Genesis 38:8

    And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.