Tribe of Judah

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ancient Near Eastern ethnic group biblical tribe tribe of Israel

The Tribe of Judah was one of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel, traditionally associated with leadership, the Davidic monarchy, and the lineage from which Jewish and Christian messianic expectations arise.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Judah 3
House of David 2
House of Saul 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern ethnic group ⓘ
biblical tribe ⓘ
tribe of Israel ⓘ
ancestorDescribedAs fourth son of Jacob ⓘ
ancestorMother Leah ⓘ
associatedWith King Davidic dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Davidic monarchy

King Davidic dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of David

kingship over Israel ⓘ
leadership in Israel ⓘ
messianic lineage ⓘ
royal scepter prophecy in Genesis 49:10 ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
surface form: southern Kingdom of Judah

southern kingdom after division of united monarchy ⓘ
borderedBy Tribe of Benjamin ⓘ
Tribe of Dan ⓘ
Tribe of Reuben ⓘ
Tribe of Simeon ⓘ
centralTo Christian messianic expectations ⓘ
Jewish messianic expectations ⓘ
epithet Lion of Judah ⓘ
eponymousAncestor Judah son of Jacob ⓘ
surface form: Judah
hebrewName Judah son of Jacob ⓘ
surface form: Yehudah
languageContext Hebrew Bible Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Exodus ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
Judges ⓘ
surface form: Book of Judges

Book of Numbers ⓘ
Books of Kings ⓘ
1 Samuel ⓘ
surface form: Books of Samuel
messianicFigureAssociated Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Jesus of Nazareth

Messiah ⓘ
surface form: Messiah ben David
namedAfter Judah son of Jacob ⓘ
partOf Twelve Tribes of Israel ⓘ
postExilicIdentity source of term Jew ⓘ
producedDynasty King Davidic dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Davidic line
producedKing David ⓘ
Rehoboam ⓘ
King Solomon ⓘ
surface form: Solomon
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
roleInConquestNarrative leading tribe in Book of Joshua ⓘ
roleInJudges first tribe sent to fight in Judges 1 ⓘ
sacredText Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
symbol lion ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Bethlehem ⓘ
Hebron ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
southern hill country of ancient Israel ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Habakkuk → addressedTo → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
this entity surface form: People of Judah
Michal → associatedWith → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Saul
Israel → associatedWithTribe → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Kingdom of Judah → associatedWithTribe → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Leah → associatedWithTribe → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Lion of Judah → associatedWithTribe → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Prophetic Books → audience → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judah
subject surface form: Shfela
Tribe of Benjamin → borderedBy → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Tribe of Dan → borderedBy → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Tribe of Simeon → borderedBy → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Canaan → conqueredBy → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Israelite tribes
King David → dynasty → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of David
King Solomon → dynasty → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of David
Jacob → father → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judah
Judges → featuresTribe → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Judges
this entity surface form: tribe of Judah
Twelve Tribes of Israel → hasMember → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Pedaiah → isClassifiedAs → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judahite
Tribe of Simeon → laterAbsorbedInto → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Tribe of Benjamin → locatedBetween → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Return to Zion → location → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Judah
Judea → namedAfter → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Israelites → royalTribe → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Judah son of Jacob → tribalAncestorOf → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Coniah → tribe → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Jehoiakim → tribe → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Jesse → tribe → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
Josiah → tribe → Tribe of Judah ⓘ
King David → tribe → Tribe of Judah ⓘ