Jewry


Smith's Dictionary

JEWRY

(the country of Judea), the same word elsewhere rendered Judah and Judea. It occurs several times in the Apocalypse and the New Testament, but once only in the Old Testament-- (Daniel 5:13) Jewry comes to us through the Norman-French, and is of frequent occurrence in Old English.


International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

JEWRY

JEWRY - ju'-ri, joo'-ri: In Dan 5:13 the King James Version, where the Revised Version (British and American) has "Judah"; in the New Testament, in two places in the King James Version, Lk 23:5; Jn 7:1, where the Revised Version (British and American) has correctly "Judaea" (Ioudaia) (which see).

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