The Definition of the word Juda

Juda

(1.) The patriarch Judah, son of Jacob (Luke 3:33; Heb. 7:14). "In Luke 1:39; Heb. 7:14; Rev. 5:5; 7:5, the word refers to the" tribe of Judah. "(2.) The father of Simeon in Christ's maternal ancestry (Luke 3:30). "(3.) Son of Joanna, and father of Joseph in Christ's maternal "ancestry (26), probably identical with Abiud (Matt. 1:13), and" with Obadiah (1 Chr. 3:21). "(4.) One of the Lord's "brethren" (Mark 6:3).