adj.

Of or relating to the Jews or their culture or religion. See Usage Note at Jew.

Jewishly Jew'ish·ly adv.
Jewishness Jew'ish·ness n.

An ethnic designation variously applied in both OT and NT. Jacob’s wife Leah named her fourth son Judah, saying “Now I will praise (or thank) the Lord” (Gen 29:35). The family or tribe descended from Judah was called by the same name, as was the geographic territory which they occupied after the conquest of the land by Joshua. As the split between north and south gradually began to develop, the entire southern area of Judah and Benjamin came to be known as Judah (cf II Sam 5:5; I Kgs 12:21ff). Later on the inhabitants of the region are called Yehudim (men of Judah, Judahites, Judeans, Jews; see II Kgs 16:6; 25:25). Among the earliest uses of the name are those which appear in the narrative sections towards the end of Jeremiah (Jer 34:9; 40:11-15; 44:1). A pattern can be discerned in the remaining OT uses (all in Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther plus twice in Daniel chapter 3 and once in Zechariah chapter 8) whereby the name “Jew” is used either by non-Jews, or Jews residing outside the land of Israel (Est 9:15-19; Dan 3:8; Zech 8:23). Jews inside the land used the name “Israel” (as does Ezra from the moment he arrives in the land. Cf Mark 15:26, where the Romans designate Jesus “King of the Jews”, and Mark 15:32, where he is mocked by chief priests and scribes as “King of Israel”).By NT times the name had come into common use, and hence it appears far more often in the NT than in the OT. Especially to be noted are the uses of the word in the Gospel of John. Compared to a total of the 16 times the word Ioudaios appears in the Synoptic Gospels, John has it 71 times. Sometimes he intends it to describe Judeans as compared to Galileans (John 7:1; 11:7ff, 54; 18:36). At other places it is a substitute for Pharisees (John 1:19, 24; 8:13, 22; 9:13, 18. Here it is to be noted that at the time when John wrote after the disaster of A.D. 70 Judaism had effectively become exclusively Pharisaic Judaism). When foreigners are involved (John 4:22), the usage reflects the pattern of Ezra. Most frequently John uses the title “the Jews” to designate people in positions of authority (John 18:14 with 11:47-50; 19:6-7; and especially chaps. 7 and 8). In one passage (Rom 2:28-29) Paul speaks of “Jew” as something other than just an ethnic title. There he seems to play with the root meaning of the word, saying that the true Jew is one who is circumcised in heart and not just in flesh. Another non-standard usage is found in Revelation 2:9 and 3:9, which speaks of those “who say they are Jews, and are not, but lie”.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion
  Synonym: Judaic
  Pertains to noun: Jew (meaning #1)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - jødisk

idioms:

• jewish American Princess    forkælet amerikansk-jødisk pige eller kvinde
• jewish calendar    den jødiske kalender

Nederlands (Dutch)
joods, Israëlitisch

Français (French)
adj. - Juif

idioms:

• jewish American Princess    (US) fille à papa (arg) (injur)
• jewish calendar    calendrier juif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - jüdisch

idioms:

• jewish American Princess    verwöhnte Tochter aus reichem jüdisch-amerikanischem Hause
• jewish calendar    jüdischer Kalender

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εβραϊκός, ιουδαϊκός

idioms:

• jewish American Princess    καθωσπρέπει Εβραιοαμερικανίδα
• jewish calendar    εβραϊκό ημερολόγιο

Italiano (Italian)
israeliano

idioms:

• jewish American Princess    dama della società ebraica americana
• jewish calendar    calendario ebraico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - judeu (m), judia (f)

idioms:

• jewish American Princess    mulher americana judia vista como mimada e materialista
• jewish calendar    calendário (m) judeu

Русский (Russian)
еврейский

idioms:

• jewish American Princess    изнеженная, избалованная еврейская девушка
• jewish calendar    еврейский календарь

Español (Spanish)
adj. - judío, israelita

idioms:

• jewish American Princess    estereotipo de mujer o joven judía norteamericana, rica o mimada, usado en forma despectiva
• jewish calendar    calendario judío

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - judisk

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
犹太人的, 犹太族的

idioms:

• jewish American Princess    犹太公主
• jewish calendar    犹历

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 猶太人的, 猶太族的

idioms:

• jewish American Princess    猶太公主
• jewish calendar    猶曆

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 유대인의 , 유대어의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ユダヤ人の, ユダヤ教の

idioms:

• jewish American Princess    裕福なユダヤ系アメリカ人家庭の娘
• jewish calendar    ユダヤ暦

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) يهودي, عبري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יהודי, אידיש‬

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