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What does Judah mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Judah? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. Fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
  2. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Judah, from which David and his lineage came.
  3. (biblical) 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.
  4. A male given name.
Name
  1. A male given name of Hebrew origin.
    1. (meaning, history) The praised one. A son of Jacob in the Bible.
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I will stand in your heart as fierce as the lion of Judah, as strong as the temple we shall build.
God's church, the southern kingdom of Judah, is being threatened by the Chaldeans.
The birthright promises were passed down through Joseph, through his two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, but the scepter promises came through Judah.
But by the time Judah rose to be Patriarch of Judea, under the reign of the Antonine emperor Marcus Aurelius, relations with Rome had eased.
By 724 BC the leprous king Uzziah of Judah had not been seen for a while and finally in that year he died.
Babylon's aggression is portrayed as a hot wind that will blow across Judah, rendering fruitful land barren and laying waste to cities.

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