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Ioudaia

Ioudaia {ee-oo-dah'-yah}
Greek: personal noun location

Possible Definitions:
1) Judaea meaning "he shall be praised", was the fourth son of Jacob and the fourth of Leah. (B.C. after 1753) Of Judah's personal character more traits are preserved than any other of the patriarchs, with the exception of Joseph, whose life he in conjunction with Reuben saved. During the second visit to Egypt for corn it was Judah who undertook to be responsible for Benjamin, and when through Joseph's artifice, the brothers were brought back to the palace, he is again the leader and spokesman of the band. So too it is Judah who sent before Jacob to smooth the way for him in the land of Goshen. This ascendency over his brethren is reflected in the last words addressed to him by his father. The families of Judah occupy a position among the tribes similar to that which their progenitor had taken among the patriarchs. The numbers of the tribe at the census at Sinai were 74,600. On the borders of the promised land they were 76,500. The boundaries and contents of the territory allotted to Judah are narrated at great length, and with greater detail than the others. Jos. 15:20-63. The northern boundary, for the most part coincident with the south boundary of Benjamin, began at the mouth of the Jordan and ended west at Jabneel on the coast of the Mediterranean, four miles south of Joppa. On the east the Dead Sea, and on the west the Mediterranean, formed the boundaries. The southern line is hard to determine, since it is denoted by places, many of which have not been identified. It left the Dead Sea at its extreme south end, and joined the Mediterranean at the Wadi el-Arish. This territory is in average length about 45 miles, and in average breadth about 50.
2) in a broader sense referring to all Palestine.

Ioudaia {ee-oo-dah'-yah}

Greek: personal noun location

feminine of 2453 (with 1093 implied);

Translated as:

Judaea (42 times)

Jewry (2 times)

Total: 44 times

Strong's Number 2449

TDNT - omitted,372