Juda

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

  1. The patriarch Judah, son of Jacob (Luke 3:33; Hebrews 7:14). In Luke 1:39; Hebrews 7:14; Revelation 5:5; 7:5, the word refers to the tribe of Judah.
  2. The father of Simeon in Christ's maternal ancestry (Luke 3:30).
  3. Son of Joanan, and father of Joseph in Christ's maternal ancestry (Luke 3:26), probably identical with Abiud (Matthew 1:13), and with Obadiah (1 Chronicles 3:21).
  4. One of the Lord's "brethren" (Mark 6:3).
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