Definition

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

Etymology

feminine of G2453 (Ἰουδαῖος) (with G1093 (γῆ) implied);

Where the KJV renders it

• Judæa

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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