2449 Ioudaia {ee-oo-dah'-yah}
feminine of 2453 (with 1093 implied); TDNT - 3:356,372; n pr loc
AV - Judaea 42, Jewry 2; 44
Judaea = "he shall be praised"
1) in a narrower sense, to the southern portion of Palestine lying on
this side of the Jordan and the Dead Sea, to distinguish it from
Samaria, Galilee, Peraea, and Idumaea
2) in a broader sense, referring to all Palestine