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Judas in Smiths Bible Dictionary

the Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah, occurring in the LXX, and the New Testament. 1. The patriarch Judah. Mt 1:2,3 2. A man residing at Damascus, in "the street which is called Straight," in whose house Saul of Tarsus lodged after his miraculous conversion. Ac 9:11...

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Julius in Naves Topical Bible

-A centurion Ac 27:1,3,43...

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Jubal in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

joo'-bal (yubhal; for meaning see JABAL): Son of Lamech by Adah, and inventor of musical instruments (Gen 4:21)....

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Judah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

joo'-da (yehudhah, "praised"): (1) 4th son of Jacob by Leah (see separate article). (2) An ancestor of Kadmiel, one of those who had the oversight of the rebuilding of the temple (Ezr 3:9). He is the same as Hodaviah (Ezr 2:40), and Hodevah (Neh 7:43). (3) A Levite who had taken a strange wife (Ezr, 10:23). (4) A Levite who came up with Zerubbabe...

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Judas in Easton's Bible Dictionary

the Graecized form of Judah. (1.) The patriarch (Matt. 1:2, 3). (2.) Son of Simon (John 6:71; 13:2, 26), surnamed Iscariot, i.e., a man of Kerioth (Josh. 15:25). His name is uniformly the last in the list of the apostles, as given in the synoptic (i.e., the first three) Gospels. The evil of his nature probably gradually unfolded itself ti...

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Julius in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(soft-haired), the centurion of "Augustus' band," to whose charge St. Paul was delivered when he was sent prisoner from Caesarea to Rome. Ac 27:1,3 (A.D. 60.)...

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Jozabad in Easton's Bible Dictionary

whom Jehovah bestows. (1.) One of the Benjamite archers who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:4). (2.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh (1 Chr. 12:20)....

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Jubal in Naves Topical Bible

-The inventor of musical instruments Ge 4:21...

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Judah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Son of Jacob Ge 35:23 Intercedes for Joseph's life when his brothers were about to kill him, and proposes that they sell him to the Ishmaelites Ge 37:26,27 Takes two wives Ge 38:1-6 Lives at Chezib Ge 38:5 His incest with his daughter-in-law Ge 38:12-26 Goes down into Egypt for corn (grain) Ge 43:1-10; 44:14-34; 46:28 Prophetic b...

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