Judean
- adjective
- /dʒuˈdiːən/
- The church in Jerusalem, as Luke describes it, contained Hellenistic Jews as well as Judean Jews, whose cultural differences were enough that tensions developed between them (Acts 6:1-6).
- Judean soldier
Examples
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The Synoptics give us the Galilean story and perspective; John gives us the largely Judean perspective and story, and Jesus operated differently in these two regions.
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The geography and the fact that Judea and Samaria control the heights that overlook the central plains of Israel make allowing the Judean Hills to be used as launching pads national suicide for Israel.
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The idea that John is from a Judean perspective is interesting.
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What causes folding such as that in the Judean Hills?
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Our story now shifts to the small Judean town of Modine, where a local priest, Matthias, and his five sons lived.
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It brought Judean religion closer to monotheism, because you have the insistence of worshipping one God in his one central sanctuary.
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God the Son remained unmarried and was born to an ordinary Judean woman who conceived without a male partner—known as the Immaculate Conception.
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I don't think the distinction would be between a Galilean method (of which I don't think there is any evidence) and a Judean method of reckoning, but between a Roman reckoning of time and a Judean reckoning of time.
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The Judean landscape is characterized by its rocky hills and arid climate.
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Many Judean festivals celebrate the rich cultural heritage of the region.
Synonyms
Relating to the ancient kingdom or tribe of Judah
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word Judean comes from the place name Judea, which itself comes from Judah, the old name for that region and its people. So Judean means 'from Judea' and is used for the land, culture, history, or landscape of that area.