JUDAH

'Judah' (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה, Standard Hebrew: ''Yəhuda''; Tiberian vocalization: , "God" + "Thanks") is the name of several Biblical and historical figures. The original Greek text of the New Testament makes no difference between the names "Judah", "Judas" and "Jude", rendering them all as 'Ioudas'; but in many English translations "Judah" is used for the figure in the Tanakh and the tribe named after him, "Judas" is used primarily for Judas Iscariot, and "Jude" for other New Testament persons of the same name.
The name Judah can refer to:
;Places

★ The Kingdom of Judah, the kingdom ruled by the house of David after the Kingdom of Israel broke off following the death of King Solomon

★ Judea, the southern part of the land of Israel in the period from the end of the Kingdom of Judah (''c.'' 586 BC) to the Roman time.
;People

★ The Tribe of Judah, the tribe of Israel formed by the offspring of the Biblical figure Jacob (Israel)

★ Judah (Bible), one of the sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob (Israel)

★ Judah Maccabee, leader of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid empire

★ Judah haNasi, chief redactor of the Mishnah and second-century Jewish leader

★ Judah II, third-century Jewish sage

★ Judah III, third- and fourth-century Jewish sage

★ Henry M. Judah, American soldier

★ Judah P. Benjamin, a politician and lawyer in the United States and Confederate States of America

★ Judah Nagler, singer, guitarist and songwriter for indie-pop band The Velvet Teen

★ Theodore Judah, American engineer who dreamed of the first transcontinental railroad

★ Judah Clark, Creative Entrepreneur from Atlanta Georgia

★ Zab Judah, former world champion welterweight boxer