With the current trend of funky Biblical names that hearken back to the days of Puritans Noah Ethan Elijah Isaiah Judah seems to us a slam dunk in terms of modern-day appeal.

Modern name for judah. Modern Jews moreover trace their lineage to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin absorbed by Judah or to the tribe or group of clans of religious functionaries known as Levites. Only the Jews keep the Law according to the directions of their own Sages which in turn have the sanction of the Bible Deuteronomy 17. Judah son of Jacob founded the tribe of Judah which in turn become the name of the Southern Kingdom of Judah comprised of two family lines or the Tribes of Judah.

Praised though he may be Judah is not a super popular name. The current nation of Israel is still largely made up of the original southern kingdom of Judah while the tribes of the northern kingdom remain scattered. The name Judas Ιουδας is the Hellenized version of the Hebrew name Judah.

After the split Rehoboam became king of the southern kingdom of Judah. Both names refer to the same person they are just pronounced a bit differently in Hebrew and Greek. Only the Jews have been persecuted as Judah and only the Jews possess all the prophesied characteristics of Judah.

Jeroboam the former servant of King Solomon became king of the northern kingdom of Israel as God had promised. In view of the origin of the Red Hand emblem recorded in Genesis 38 and in the fact that a Red Hand thereby became one of the emblems of the descendants of Zara-Judah we have to conclude that the people who brought the Red Hand to Ulster so long ago and the Scots who later brought it to Scotland -- though coming at different times -- had a COMMON ORIGIN in the Zara branch of the Israelitish Tribe of Judah. Says the name Judah means The praise of God and is of Hebrew origin.

The name Judaea is still used to describe approximately the same area in modern Israel. Judah one of the 12 tribes of Israel descended from Judah who was the fourth son born to Jacob and his first wife Leah. It is disputed whether the name Judah was originally that of the tribe or the territory it occupied and which was transposed from which.

Here are five reasons why this matters. The very name Jew is a shortened form of Judah. The name Judah transliterated into Greek is Ιουδα Iouda and occurs as such 7 times in the New Testament.