Ἰουδαία

See also: Ιουδαία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhūḏāh) + the feminine form of -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.uː.dǎi̯.aː/ → /i.uˈðɛ.a/ → /i.uˈðe.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.uː.dǎi̯.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.uˈdɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.uˈðɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.uˈðe.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.uˈðe.a/

Adjective

Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ • (Ĭoudaíā)

1. inflection of Ῐ̓ουδαῖος (Ĭoudaîos):
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative dual

Noun

Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ • (Ĭoudaíā) f (genitive Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱς); first declension

1. Jewess (substantive form of adjective)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ; τῆς Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ hē Ĭoudaíā	τὼ Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ tṑ Ĭoudaíā	αἱ Ῐ̓ουδαῖαι hai Ĭoudaîai
Genitive	τῆς Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱς tês Ĭoudaíās	τοῖν Ῐ̓ουδαίαιν toîn Ĭoudaíain	τῶν Ῐ̓ουδαιῶν tôn Ĭoudaiôn
Dative	τῇ Ῐ̓ουδαίᾳ têi Ĭoudaíāi	τοῖν Ῐ̓ουδαίαιν toîn Ĭoudaíain	ταῖς Ῐ̓ουδαίαις taîs Ĭoudaíais
Accusative	τὴν Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱν tḕn Ĭoudaíān	τὼ Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ tṑ Ĭoudaíā	τᾱ̀ς Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱς tā̀s Ĭoudaíās
Vocative	Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ Ĭoudaíā	Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ Ĭoudaíā	Ῐ̓ουδαῖαι Ĭoudaîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Proper noun

Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ • (Ĭoudaíā) f (genitive Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱς); first declension

1. Judea (adjectival form with γῆ (gê) or χώρα (khṓra) implied)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ; τῆς Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ hē Ĭoudaíā
Genitive	τῆς Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱς tês Ĭoudaíās
Dative	τῇ Ῐ̓ουδαίᾳ têi Ĭoudaíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱν tḕn Ĭoudaíān
Vocative	Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ Ĭoudaíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιουδαία (Ioudaía)
• → Gothic: 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌰 (iudaia), 𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (iudaialand)
• → Latin: Iūdaea
• → Parthian: 𐭉𐭅𐭕𐭀𐭉𐭀 (Yūdāyā)

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2449 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
• “Ἰουδαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[2], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN