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Ioudaïsmós

Judaism

Say it: ee-oo-dah-ees-MOS (approximate)

Ἰουδαϊσμός

What it means

The Jewish way of life, a word that first appears in Greek in the period of Maccabees and describes the commitment to Jewish practices and identity. In 1:13-14, Paul says that in his former "Judaism" he was advancing beyond many of his own age. It appears only here in the New Testament.

Range of meaning

  • JudaismThe Jewish way of life.
  • Jewish observanceFaithfulness to ancestral customs.

In Galatians

  • Chapter 1

    "My way of living in Judaism" (1:13-14).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G2454 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources