Judah

  1. Proper noun.  (biblical character) Fourth son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
  2. Proper noun.  (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Judah, from which David and his lineage came.
  3. Proper noun.  (biblical) The name of the southern Israelite kingdom which continued to be ruled by the Davidic dynasty after Solomon's death and the breakup of the united monarchy, with the northern portion keeping the name Israel.
  4. Proper noun.  (given name, male) .

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