Smith's Bible Dictionary

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JUCAL

(powerful), son of Shelemiah. (Jeremiah 38:1)

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JUDA

(praised).Son of Joseph, in the genealogy of Christ. (Luke 3:30)Son of Joanna, or Hananiah. [HANANIAH, 8] (Luke 3:26) He seems to be certainly the same person as ABIUD in (Matth...

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JUDAEA, OR JUDEA

(from Judah), a territorial division which succeeded to the overthrow of the ancient landmarks of the tribes of Israel and Judah in their respective captivities. The word first ...

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JUDAH

(praised, celebrated), the fourth son of Jacob and the fourth of Leah. (B.C. after 1753.) Of Judah’s personal character more traits are preserved than of any other of the patria...

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JUDAH, KINGDOM OF

Extent. --When the disruption of Solomon’s kingdom took place at Shechem, B.C. 975, only the tribe of Judah followed David, but almost immediately afterward the larger part of B...

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JUDAS

surnamed Barsabas, a leading member of the apostolic church at Jerusalem, (Acts 15:22) endued with the gift of prophesy, ver. (Acts 15:32) chosen with Silas to accompany Paul an...

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JUDAS

the Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah, occurring in the LXX, and the New Testament.The patriarch Judah. (Matthew 1:2,3)A man residing at Damascus, in "the street which is call...

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JUDAS ISCARIOT

(Judas of Kerioth). He is sometimes called "the son of Simon," (John 6:71; 13:2,26) but more commonly ISCARIOTES. (Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:19; Luke 6:16) etc. The name Iscariot has...

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JUDAS MACCABAEUS

[MACCABEES]

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JUDAS OF GALILEE

the leader of a popular revolt "in the days of the taxing" (i.e. the census, under the prefecture of P. Sulp. Quirinus, A.D. 6, A.U.C. 759), referred to by Gamaliel in his speec...

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JUDAS, THE LORDS BROTHER

Among the brethren of our Lord mentioned by the people of Nazareth. (Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3) Whether this and the Jude above are the same is still a disputed point.

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JUDE, EPISTLE OF

Its author was probably Jude, one of the brethren of Jesus, the subject of the preceding article. There are no data from which to determine its date or place of writing, but it ...

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JUDE, OR JUDAS

called also LEBBEUS and THADDEUS, Authorized Version "Judas the brother of James," one of the twelve apostles. The name of Jude occurs only once in the Gospel narrative. (John 1...

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JUDGES

The judges were temporary and special deliverers, sent by God to deliver the Israelites from their oppressors; not supreme magistrates, succeeding to the authority of Moses and ...

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JUDGES, BOOK OF

of which the book or Ruth formed originally a part, contains a history from Joshua to Samson. The book may be divided into two parts:--Chs. 1-16. We may observe in general on th...

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JUDGMENT HALL

The word praetorium is so translated five times in the Authorized Version of the New Testament, and in those five passages it denotes two different places.In (John 18:28,33; 19:...

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JUDITH

(Jewess, or praised).The daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and wife of Esau. (Genesis 26:34) (B.C. 1797.)The heroine of the apocryphal book which bears her name, who appears as an ...

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JUDITH, THE BOOK OF

one of the books of the Apocrypha, belongs to the earliest specimens of historical fiction. As to its authorship it belongs to the Maccabean period, B.C. 175-135, which it refle...

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JULIA

(feminine of Julius), a Christian woman at Rome, probably the wife of Philologus, in connection with whom she is saluted by St. Paul. (Romans 16:15) (A.D. 55.)

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JULIUS

(soft-haired), the centurion of "Augustus’ band," to whose charge St. Paul was delivered when he was sent prisoner from Caesarea to Rome. (Acts 27:1,3) (A.D. 60.)

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JUNIA

(belonging to Juno), a Christian at Rome, mentioned by St. Paul as one of his kinsfolk and fellow prisoners, of note among the apostles, and in Christ before St. Paul. (Romans 1...

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JUNIAS

Revised Version for JUNIA above. It is the more literal form.

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JUNIPER

(1 Kings 19:4,5; Job 30:4; Psalms 120:4) a sort of broom, Genista monosperma, G. raetam of Forskal, answering to the Arabic rethem. It is very abundant in the desert of Sinai, a...

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JUPITER

(a father that helps), the Greek Zeus. The Olympian Zeus was the national god of the Hellenic race, as well as the supreme ruler of the heathen world, and as such formed the tru...

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JUSHABHESED

(whose love is returned), son of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:20)

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JUSTUS

(just).A surname of Joseph, called Barsabas. (Acts 1:23) (A.D. 30.)A Christian at Corinth, with whom St. Paul lodged. (Acts 18:7) (A.D. 49.) (Given in the Revised Version as TIT...

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JUTTAH

(stretched out), a city in the mountain region of Judah, in the neighborhood of Maon and Carmel. (Joshua 15:55) The place is now known as Yutta.