International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Joy

joi (simchah; chara):1. Terms:The idea of joy is expressed in the Old Testament by a wealth of synonymous terms that cannot easily be differentiated. The commonest is simchah (1...

407

Jozabad

joz'-a-bad (yozabhadh, "Yahweh has bestowed"):(1) A Gederathite, and one of David's recruits at Ziklag (1Ch 12:4(Hebrew 5)). He is named with the Benjamites, but possibly he was...

408

Jozabdus

jo-zab'-dus (Iozabdos):(1) Son of Jeshua the Levite (1 Esdras 8:63), called "Jozabad" inEzr 8:33.(2) Son of Bebai (1 Esdras 9:29), called "Zabbai" inEzr 10:28.

409

Jozacar

joz'-a-kar, jo-za'-kar (yozakhar, "Yahweh has remembered"; the King James Version Jozachar): Servant and murderer (with Jehozabad)of Joash, king of Judah (2Ki 12:21(Hebrew 22));...

410

Jozadak

joz'-a-dak.SeeJEHOZADAK.

411

Jubal

joo'-bal (yubhal; for meaning see JABAL): Son of Lamech by Adah, and inventor of musical instruments (Ge 4:21).

412

Jubilee Year

(shenath ha-yobhel; etos tes apheseos; annus jubilaeus, "year of jubilee" (Le 25:13), or simply ha-yobhel, "the jubilee" (Le 25:28; compareNu 36:4), the King James Version and t...

413

Jubilee, Cycle Of The

joo'-bi-le, ju'-bi-le.See Luni-solar cycle, under ASTRONOMY, sec. I, 5.

414

Jubilees, Book Of

SeeAPOCALYPTIC LITERATURE.

415

Jucal

joo'-kal.SeeJEHUCAL.

416

Juda

joo'-da:Lu 1:39the King James Version, see JUTTAH;Lu 3:26, see JODA; 3:30, seeJUDAS.

417

Judaea

joo-de'-a, ju-de'-a (Ioudaia): The "land of the Jews," the Greco-Roman equivalent of Judah. As most of the Israelites returning from the captivity belonged to the tribe of Judah...

418

Judaea, Wilderness Of

(Mt 3:1).SeeJUDAEA.

419

Judah (1)

joo'-da (yehudhah, "praised"):(1) 4th son of Jacob by Leah (see separate article).(2) An ancestor of Kadmiel, one of those who had the oversight of the rebuilding of the temple ...

420

Judah (2)

(yehudah; inGe 29:35Codex Vaticanus, Ioudan; Codex Alexandrinus, Iouda; elsewhere Codices Vaticanus and Alexandrinus, Ioudas):1. Jacob's Son:The 4th son born to Jacob by Leah in...

421

Judah At (Upon) The Jordan

(yehudhah ha-yarden): A place marking the eastern limit of the territory of Naphtali (Jos 19:34). It is generally thought among scholars that the text is corrupt; but no very pr...

422

Judah, Kingdom Of

|| I. CANAAN BEFORE THE MONARCHY1. The Coming of the Semites2. The Canaanites3. The Israelite Confederacy4. Migration into Canaan5. The Bond of Union6. Early Rulers7. The Judges...

423

Judah, Territory Of

(yehudhah):I. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA1. The Natural Boundaries2. The Natural Divisions of Judah(1) The Maritime Plain(2) The Shephelah(3) The Hill Country of JudahII. THE TRIBE OF JUD...

424

Judaism

joo'-da-iz'-m.See ISRAEL, RELIGION OF.

425

Judas

joo'-das (Ioudas; Greek form of Hebrew "Judah"):(1) A Levite mentioned in 1 Esdras 9:23 = JUDAH (3).(2) Judas Maccabeus, 3rd son of Mattathias (1 Macc 2:4).SeeMACCABEES.(3) Juda...

426

Judas Barsabbas

bar-sab-'as (Ioudas Barsabbas): Judas was, with Silas, a delegate from the church in Jerusalem to the GentileChristians of Antioch, Syria and Cilicia. They were appointed to con...

427

Judas Iscariot

is-kar'-i-ot (Ioudas Iskariotes, i.e. 'ish qeriyoth, "Judas, man of Kerioth"): One of the twelve apostles and the betrayer of Jesus; for etymology, etc., seeJUDAS.I. Life.Judas ...

428

Judas Iscariot, Gospel Of

A "Gospel of Judas" is mentioned by Irenaeus (Adv. Haer., i.31), Epiphanius (Haer., xxxviii.1), Theodoret, etc., as current in the Gnostic sect of the Cainites, to whom Judas wa...

429

Judas Maccabaeus

SeeMACCABAEUS.

430

Judas Of Damascus

See JUDAS, (6).

431

Judas Of Galilee

(ho Galilaios): Mentioned inAc 5:37as the leader of an insurrection occasioned by the census of Quirinius in 7 AD (see QUIRINIUS). He, and those who obeyed him, it is said, peri...

432

Judas Of James

(Ioudas Iakobou): One of the twelve apostles (Lu 6:16;Ac 1:13; for etymology, etc., see JUDAS). the King James Version has the reading "brother of James," and the Revised Versio...