Strong's Number G2449

Transliteration:

Ioudaia{ee-oo-dah'-yah}

Word Origin:

feminine of 2453 (with 1093 implied)

TDNT:

3:356,372

Part of Speech:

proper name location

Usage in the KJV:

Judaea 42, Jewry 2

Total: 44

Definition:

Judaea = "he shall be praised"

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