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Ἰουδαῖος

Ioudaîos · Greek · Strong's G2453 · 193 occurrences

What it means

Judæan, i.e. belonging to Jehudah

from G2448 (Ἰουδά) (in the sense of G2455 (Ἰούδας) as a country);

How the KJV renders it

jew, of judæa

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

Questions this word decides

• Was Jesus crucified on Wednesday or Friday?
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Where it appears

193 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

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