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Jewry
Open directlySmith's Bible Dictionary · 1863
(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.
Scripture references
Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
JEWRY, a word elsewhere rendered "Judah" and "Judaea." It occurs once in the 0.T., Dan 5:13, where it might be rendered "Judah," and several times in the Apocryphal and N.T. books. See Judah and Judaea.
Scripture references
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
JEWRY, a word elsewhere rendered "Judah" and "Judaea." It occurs once in the 0.T., Dan 5:13, where it might be rendered "Judah," and several times in the Apocryphal and N.T. books. See Judah and Judaea.
Scripture references
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter. Chaucer. Teaching throughout all Jewry. Luke xxiii. 5.