᾿Ιουδαία, -as, ἡ [cf. W. § 18, 5 a.], (sc. γῆ, which is added In. iii. 22, or χώρα, Mk.i.5; fr. the adj. Ἰουδαῖος, q. v-), Judea (Hebr. 71337*) ; inthe O. T. a region of Palestine, named after the tribe of Judah, which inhabited it: Judg. xvii. 7-9; Ruthi.1sq.; 2S. ii. 1,ete. Its boundaries are laid down in Josh. xv. 1 sqq. After the time of David, when the kingdom had been rent asunder, the name was given to the kingdom of Judah, to which were reckoned, besides the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, certain cities of the tribes of Dan and Simeon, together with the metropolis of Jerusalem: 1 K. xiv. 21, 29; xv. 7, ete. In the N.T. the name is given 1. in a narrower sense, to the southern part of Palestine lying on this side of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, to distinguish it from Samaria, Galilee, Perea, Idumea (Mk. iii. 8): Mt. ii. 1, 5,22; iii. 5; 1v.25; xxiv. 16; Mk. iil. 7; xiii. 14; Lk. i. 4; Jn. iv. 3,47, 54; Acts i. 8; viii. 1, etc.; it stands for its inhabitants in Mt. iii. 5; Mk. i. 5, (2 Chr. xxxii. 33; Xxxv. 24). 2. in a broader sense, to all Palestine: Lk. i. 5; [iv.44 WH Trmrg.]; vii. 17; xxiii.5; Acts ii. 9; x. 37; xi. 1, 29, (and perh. 2 Co. i. 16; Gal. i. 22); πᾶσα ἡ χώρα τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας, Acts xxvi. 20; εἰς τὰ ὅρια τῆς ᾿Ιουδαίας πέραν τοῦ ᾿Ιορδάνου, into the borders of Judea (in the broader sense) beyond the Jordan, i. e. into Perxa, Mt. xix. 1; on the contrary, in the parallel pass. Mk. x. 1 RG, εἰς τὰ Gp. τῆς Ἰουδ. διὰ τοῦ πέραν τοῦ “Iopd., Jesus is said to have come into the borders of Juda (in the narrower sense) through Perea; but ace. to the reading of LT Tr WH, viz. καὶ πέραν τοῦ Ἰουρδ. and (in particular that part of Judea which lay) beyond the Jordan, Mark agrees with Matthew; [others regard πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδ. here as parall. with τῆς Ἰουδ. and like it dependent upon δρια].

Ἰουδαία Ioudaia 44x

Judea, the southern party of the country, below Samaria, Mt. 2:1, 5, 22; 3:1; meton. the inhabitants of Judea

Ἰουδαία, -ας, ἡ, v.s. Ἰουδαῖος.

Ἰουδαία (Ioudaia) — Judea. Ἰουδαῖος, ὁ, a Jewish man: Ἰουδαία, a Jewish woman; ἡ Ἰουδαία (i.e. γῆ) “Judaea”: —Ἰουδα-ϊκός, ή, όν, “Jewish”, [LXX] adverb -κῶς [NT+1st c.AD+]