First name Judah in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Judah is the name of the fourth-born son of Jacob (GEN 29:35), son of Leah, as well as name of Levite who had married a foreign wife (EZR 10:23), second in command of Jerusalem (NEH 11:9), and among the Levites who came up with Zerubabbel (NEH 12:8). Meaning of the name: the praise of the Lord; confession. Related names are: Israel, Jerusalem, Babylon . The translations of Judah in 80 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Judá in Spanish to Yuda in Swahili!
Name Judah in the world's Bibles
And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing. (GEN 29:35)
The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: (GEN 35:23)
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? (GEN 37:26)
And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. (GEN 38:1)
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. (GEN 38:2)
And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. (GEN 38:6)
And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. (GEN 38:7)
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. (GEN 38:8)
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. (GEN 38:11)
And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (GEN 38:12)
And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (GEN 38:12)
When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. (GEN 38:15)
And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. (GEN 38:20)
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. (GEN 38:22)
And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. (GEN 38:23)
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. (GEN 38:24)
And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. (GEN 38:24)
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. (GEN 38:26)
And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. (GEN 43:3)
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. (GEN 43:8)
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. (GEN 44:14)
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. (GEN 44:16)
Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. (GEN 44:18)
And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. (GEN 46:12)
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. (GEN 46:28)
Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. (GEN 49:8)
Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? (GEN 49:9)
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. (GEN 49:10)
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, (EXO 1:2)
See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: (EXO 31:2)

Popularity of the name Judah in its translations around the world

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