2449

2449 Ἰουδαία Ioudaia [ee-oo-dah’-yah] feminine of 2453 (with 1093 implied); n pr loc; TDNT-3:356,372; [{See TDNT 336 }] AV-Judaea 44; 44

• Judaea  = "he shall be praised"

1) in a narrower sense, to the southern portion of Palestine lying on this side of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, to distinguish it from Samaria, Galilee, Peraea, and Idumaea

2) in a broader sense, referring to all Palestine