- Transliteration: Ioudaia

- Phonetic: ee-oo-dah'-yah

- Definition: Judaea = "he shall be praised"

1. in a narrower sense, to the southern portion of Palestine lying on this side of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, to distinguish it from Samaria, Galilee, Peraea, and Idumaea

2. in a broader sense, referring to all Palestine

- Origin: feminine of G2453" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2453 (with G1093" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1093 implied)

- TDNT entry: 08:56,4

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Location

- Strong's: Feminine of G2453" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2453 (with G1093" class="dictionary-topic-link">G1093 implied); the Judaean land (that is judaea) a region of Palestine: - Juda.