Ἰουδαία, Ἰουδαίας, ἡ (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 18, 5 a.) (namely, γῆ, which is added Joh_3:22, or χώρα, Mar_1:5; from the adjective Ἰουδαῖος, which see), Judaea (Hebrew ιΐδεΜγΘδ); in the O. T. a region of Palestine, named after the tribe of Judah, which inhabited it: Jdg_17:7-9; Rth_1:1; 2Sa_2:1, etc. Its boundaries are laid down in Jos_15:1 ff After the time of David, when the kingdom had been rent asunder, the name was given to the kingdom of Judah, to which were reckoned, besides the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, certain cities of the tribes of Dan and Simeon, together with the metropolis of Jerusalem: 1Ki_14:21; 1Ki_14:29; 1Ki_15:7, etc. In the N. T. the name is given: 1. in a narrower sense, to the southern part of Palestine lying on this side of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, to distinguish it from Samaria, Galilee, Peraea, Idumaea (Mar_3:8): Mat_2:1; Mat_2:5; Mat_2:22; Mat_3:5; Mat_4:25; Mat_24:16; Mar_3:7; Mar_13:14; Luk_2:4; Joh_4:3; Joh_4:47; Joh_4:54; Act_1:8; Act_8:1, etc.; it stands for its inhabitants in Mat_3:5; Mar_1:5 (2Ch_32:33; 2Ch_35:24). 2. in a broader sense, to all Palestine: Luk_1:5; (Luk_4:44 WH Tr marginal reading); Luk_7:11; Luk_23:5; Act_2:9; Act_10:37; Act_11:1; Act_11:29 (and perhaps 2Co_1:16; Gal_1:22); πᾶσα ἡ χώρα τῆς Ἰουδαίας, Act_26:20; εἰς τά ὅρια τῆς Ἰουδαίας πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου, into the borders of Judaea (in the broader sense) beyond the Jordan, i. e. into Peraea, Mat_19:1; on the contrary, in the parallel passage, Mar_10:1 R G, εἰς τά ὅρια τῆς Ἰουδαίας διά τοῦ πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου, Jesus is said to have come into the borders of Judaea (in the narrower sense) through Peraea; but according to the reading of L T Tr WH, viz. καί πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου and (in particular that part of Judaea which lay) beyond the Jordan, Mark agrees with Matthew; (others regard πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου here as parallel with τῆς Ἰουδαίας and like it dependent upon ὅρια). Ἰουδαΐζω; (from Ἰουδαῖος, cf. Ἑλληνιστής (Winers Grammar, 92 (87))), to adopt Jewish customs and rites, imitate the Jews, Judaize: of one who observes the ritual law of the Jews, Gal_2:14. (Est_8:17; Ignatius ad Magnes. 10, 3 [ET]; Evang. Nicod. c. 2; Plutarch, Cicero 7; to favor the Jews, Josephus, b. j. 2, 18, 2.)

Ἰουδαία Ioudaia 44x Judea, the southern party of the country, below Samaria, Mat_2:1 ; Mat_2:5 ; Mat_2:22 ; Mat_3:1 ; meton. the inhabitants of Judea

Ἰουδαία , -ας , ἡ , see Ἰουδαῖος G2453 .

Ἰουδαία [page 305] In P Ryl II. 189 .5 , a badly spelled receipt for public clothing of A.D. 128, we read of five cloaks ἰς τρατιωτικα̣ς̣, ( l. στρατ ) χρεία̣ς̤ τῶν ἐν τῇ Ἰουαδαίᾳ ( l. Ἰουδ ) στραρτευομένων , for the needs of the soldiers serving in Judaea. For Judaea in its wider sense = all Palestine, see Abbott Fourfold Gospel , p. 210 n. .3

§ Judea, Judean, "land of the Judahites" Judea, the southern party of the country, below Samaria, Mt. 2:1, 5, 22; 3:1; metonymy the inhabitants of Judea