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 • (Ioudaíā)

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

Noun

Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ • (Ioudaíā) 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 Ioudaíā	τὼ Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ tṑ Ioudaíā	αἱ Ῐ̓ουδαῖαι hai Ioudaîai
Genitive	τῆς Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱς tês Ioudaíās	τοῖν Ῐ̓ουδαίαιν toîn Ioudaíain	τῶν Ῐ̓ουδαιῶν tôn Ioudaiôn
Dative	τῇ Ῐ̓ουδαίᾳ têi Ioudaíāi	τοῖν Ῐ̓ουδαίαιν toîn Ioudaíain	ταῖς Ῐ̓ουδαίαις taîs Ioudaíais
Accusative	τὴν Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱν tḕn Ioudaíān	τὼ Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ tṑ Ioudaíā	τᾱ̀ς Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱς tā̀s Ioudaíās
Vocative	Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ Ioudaíā	Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ Ioudaíā	Ῐ̓ουδαῖαι Ioudaîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Proper noun

Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ • (Ioudaíā) 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 Ioudaíā
Genitive	τῆς Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱς tês Ioudaíās
Dative	τῇ Ῐ̓ουδαίᾳ têi Ioudaíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱν tḕn Ioudaíān
Vocative	Ῐ̓ουδαίᾱ Ioudaíā
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