JUDA

JUDA (1.) The patriarch Judah, son of Jacob (Luke 3=>33; Hebrews 7=>14). In Luke 1=>39; Hebrews 7=>14; Revelation 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 (Matthew 1=>13), and with Obadiah (1 Chronicles 3=>21). (4.) One of the Lord’s “brethren” (Mark 6=>3).