G2453 – Ioudaios – Ἰουδαῖος – to be Jewish
- Strong’s ID:
- G2453
- Greek Word:
- Ἰουδαῖος
- Transliteration:
- ioudaios / Ioudaios
- Pronunciation:
- ee-oo-dah’-yos
- Part of Speech:
- adjective
- Etymology:
- from G2448 (in the sense of G2455 as a country)
- Usage Count:
- 197
- Search:
- Find “Ioudaios” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) to be Jewish, Judean
2) literally: “He Shall Be Praised”
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G2448 (in the sense of G2455 as a country); Judaean, i.e. belonging to Jehudah:—Jew(-ess), of Judaea.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) Jewish, belonging to the Jewish nation
2) Jewish as respects to birth, origin, religion
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.