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JONAH

  • Also called JONAS.

  • A prophet of Israel
    2Kings 14:25

  • Sent by God to warn the city of Nineveh
    Jonah 1:1, 2

  • Disobedience and punishment of
    Jonah 1:3-17

  • Repentance and deliverance of
    Jonah 2; Matthew 12:40

  • Brought Ninevites to repentance
    Jonah 3; Matthew 12:41

  • Displeased with God's mercy to Nineveh, reproved
    Jonah 1:4

  • Is a sign
    Matthew 16:4; Luke 11:29, 30


JONAN

  • An ancestor of Christ
    Luke 3:30

JONAS

  • See JONAH

  • Father of Peter
    John 21:15-17

  • Called JONA
    John 1:42


JONATHAN

  • A Levite of Bethlehem, who becomes a priest for Micah; accepts idolatry; joins the Danites
    Judges 17:7-13; 18:1-30

  • Son of Saul:

    • General references
      1Samuel 14:49

    • Victory of:

      • Over the Philistine garrison of Geba
        1Samuel 13:3, 4, 16

      • Over the Philistines at Michmash
        1Samuel 14:1-18

    • Under Saul's curse pronounced against anyone who might take food before Saul was avenged of his enemies
      1Samuel 14:24-30, 43

    • Rescued by the people
      1Samuel 14:43-45

    • Love of, for David
      1Samuel 18:1-4; 19:1-7; 20; 23:16-18

    • Killed in the battle with the Philistines
      1Samuel 31:2, 6; 1Chronicles 10:2; 2Samuel 21:12-14

    • Buried by inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead
      1Samuel 31:11-13

    • Mourned by David
      2Samuel 1:12, 17-27

    • Son of, cared for by David
      2Samuel 4:4; 9; 1Chronicles 8:34

  • Son of Abiathar:

    • General references
      2Samuel 15:27

    • Acts as a spy for David
      2Samuel 15:27, 28; 17:17-22

    • Informs Adonijah of Solomon's succession to David
      1Kings 1:42-48

  • Nephew of David, kills a giant, and becomes one of David's chief warriors
    2Samuel 21:21; 1Chronicles 20:7

  • One of David's heroes
    2Samuel 23:32; 1Chronicles 11:34

  • A son of Jada
    1Chronicles 2:32, 33

  • Secretary of the cabinet of David
    1Chronicles 27:32

  • Father of Ebed
    Ezra 8:6

  • Son of Asahel
    Ezra 10:15

  • Called JOHANAN, a descendant of Jeshua
    Nehemiah 12:11, 22

  • The name of two priests
    Nehemiah 12:14, 35

  • A scribe
    Jeremiah 37:15, 20; 38:26

  • Son of Kareah
    Jeremiah 40:8


JOPPA

  • A seaport
    Joshua 19:46

  • Exports from
    2Chronicles 2:16; Ezra 3:7

  • Passenger traffic from
    Jonah 1:3

  • Peter performs a miracle at
    Acts 9:36-43

  • Peter has a vision of a sheet lowered down from the sky at
    Acts 10:9-18


JORAH

  • A returned exile
    Ezra 2:18


JORAI

  • A Gadite
    1Chronicles 5:13


JORAM

  • A son of Toi:

    • General references
      2Samuel 8:9, 10

    • Called HADORAM
      1Chronicles 18:10

  • Called JEHORAM:

    • King of Israel
      2Kings 1:17; 3:1

    • King of Syria sends Naaman to, so that Namaan may be healed of his leprosy
      2Kings 5:1-27

    • Has war with the king of Syria
      2Kings 6:8-23; 7; 8:28, 29; 2Chronicles 22:5, 6

    • Inquires for the particulars concerning Elisha's miracles
      2Kings 8:4, 5

    • Killed by Jehu
      2Kings 9:14-26


JORDAN

  • A river in Palestine:

    • Empties into the Dead Sea
      Joshua 15:5

    • Fords of
      Genesis 32:10; Joshua 2:7; Judges 3:28; 7:24; 8:4; 10:9; 12:5, 6; 2Samuel 2:29; 17:22, 24; 19:15, 31; 1Chronicles 19:17

    • Swelling of:

      • At harvest time
        Joshua 3:15; Jeremiah 12:5

      • In the early spring
        1Chronicles 12:15
    • The waters of, miraculously separated for the passage of:

      • The Israelites
        Joshua 3; 4; 5:1; Psalm 114:3

      • Elijah
        2Kings 2:6-8

      • Elisha
        2Kings 2:14

    • Crossed by a ferry boat
      2Samuel 19:18

    • Naaman washes in, for the healing of his leprosy
      2Kings 5:10-14

    • John the Baptist:

      • Baptizes in
        Matthew 3:6; Mark 1:5

      • Baptizes Jesus in
        Matthew 3:13; Mark 1:9
  • Plain of:

    • General references
      Genesis 13:10-12

    • Israelites camped in
      Numbers 22:1; 26:3, 63

    • Solomon's foundry in
      1Kings 7:46; 2Chronicles 4:17


JORIM

  • An ancestor of Jesus
    Luke 3:29


JORKOAM

  • Descendant of Caleb
    1Chronicles 2:44


JOSABAD

  • A famous archer who joined David at Ziklag
    1Chronicles 12:4


JOSAPHAT


JOSE

  • An ancestor of Jesus
    Luke 3:29


JOSEDECH


JOSEPH

  • Son of Jacob:

    • General references
      Genesis 30:24

    • Personal appearance of
      Genesis 39:6

    • His father's favorite child
      37:3, Genesis 33:2; 4, 35; 48:22; 1Chronicles 5:2; John 4:5

    • His father's partiality for, excites the jealousy of his brethren
      Genesis 37:4, 11, 18-28; Psalm 105:17; Acts 7:9

    • His prophetic dreams of his fortunes in Egypt
      Genesis 37:5-11

    • Sold as a slave into Egypt
      Genesis 37:27, 28

    • Is falsely reported to his father as killed by wild beasts
      Genesis 37:29-35

    • Is bought by Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh
      Genesis 37:36

    • Is prospered of God
      Genesis 39:2-5, 21, 23

    • Is falsely accused, and thrown into prison; is delivered by the friendship of another prisoner
      Genesis 39-40; Psalm 105:18

    • Is an interpreter of dreams:

      • Of the two prisoners
        Genesis 40:5-23

      • Of Pharaoh
        Genesis 41:1-37

    • His name is changed to Zaphnath-paaneah
      Genesis 41:11

    • Is promoted to authority next to Pharaoh at thirty years of age
      Genesis 41:37-46; Psalm 105:19-22

    • Marries the daughter of the priest of On
      Genesis 41:45

    • Provides against the seven years of famine
      Genesis 41:46-57

    • Exports the produce of Egypt to other countries
      Genesis 41:57

    • Sells the stores of food to the people of Egypt, exacting from them all their money, flocks and herds, lands and lives
      Genesis 47:13-26

    • Exempts the priests from the exactions
      Genesis 47:22, 26

    • His father sends down into Egypt to buy corn grain
      Genesis 42; 43; 44

    • Reveals himself to his brothers; sends for his father; provides the land of Goshen for his people; and sustains them during the famine
      Genesis 45; 46; 47:1-12

    • His two sons:

    • Mourns the death of his father
      Genesis 50:1-14

    • Exacts a pledge from his brothers to convey his remains to Canaan
      Genesis 50:2, 4, 25; Hebrews 11:22; with Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32; Acts 7:16

    • Death of
      Genesis 50:22-26

    • Kindness of heart
      Genesis 40:7, 8

    • Joseph's integrity
      Genesis 39:7-12

    • His humility
      Genesis 41:16; 45:7-9

    • His wisdom
      Genesis 41:33-57

    • His piety
      Genesis 41:51

    • His faith
      Genesis 45:5-8

    • Was a prophet
      Genesis 41:38, 39; 50:25; Exodus 13:19

    • God's providence with
      Genesis 39:2-5; Psalm 105:17-22

    • His sons jointly called JOSEPH
      Deuteronomy 33:13-17

    • Descendants of
      Genesis 46:20; Numbers 26:28-37

  • Father of Igal, the spy
    Numbers 13:7

  • Of the sons of Asaph
    1Chronicles 25:2, 9

  • A returned exile
    Ezra 10:42

  • A priest
    Nehemiah 12:14

  • Husband of Mary:

    • General references
      Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3; Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:27

    • His genealogy
      Matthew 1:1-16; Luke 3:23-38

    • An angel appears and testifies to the innocence of his betrothed
      Matthew 1:19-24

    • Lives at Nazareth
      Luke 2:4

    • Belongs to the town of Bethlehem
      Luke 2:4

    • Goes to Bethlehem to be enrolled
      Luke 2:1-4

    • Jesus born to
      Matthew 1:25; Luke 2:7

    • Presents Jesus in the temple
      Luke 2:22-39

    • Returns to Nazareth
      Luke 2:39

    • Warned in a dream to escape to Egypt in order to save the infant's life
      Matthew 2:13-15

    • Warned in a dream to return to Nazareth
      Matthew 2:19-23

    • Attends the annual feast at Jerusalem with his family
      Luke 2:42-51

  • Of Arimathaea. Begs for the body of Jesus for burial in his own tomb
    Matthew 27:57-60; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:50-56; John 19:38-42

  • Three ancestors of Joseph
    Luke 3:24, 26, 30

  • Called BARSABAS, surnamed JUSTUS. One of the two persons nominated in place of Judas
    Acts 1:21, 22, 23

  • A designation of the ten tribes of Israel
    Amos 5:6


JOSES

  • One of the physical brothers of Jesus
    Matthew 13:55; 27:56; Mark 6:3; 15:40, 47

  • A Levite, surnamed Barnabas by the apostles
    Acts 4:36


JOSHAH

  • A descendant of Simeon
    1Chronicles 4:34


JOSHAPHAT

  • One of David's valiant men
    1Chronicles 11:43


JOSHAVIAH

  • One of David's bodyguards
    1Chronicles 11:46


JOSHBEKASHAH

  • Son of Heman
    1Chronicles 25:4, 24


JOSHUA

  • Also called JEHOSHUA, and JEHOSHUAH, and OSHEA:

    • Son of Nun
      Numbers 13:8; 1Chronicles 7:27

    • Intimately associated with Moses
      Exodus 24:13; 32:17; 33:11

    • A religious zealot
      Numbers 11:28

    • Sent with others to view the promised land
      Numbers 13:8

    • Makes a favorable report
      Numbers 14:6-10

    • Rewarded for his courage and fidelity
      Numbers 14:30, 38; 32:12

    • Commissioned, ordained, and charged with the responsibilites of Moses' office
      Numbers 27:18-23; Deuteronomy 1:38; 31:3, 3:28; 7, 23; 34:9

    • Divinely inspired
      Numbers 27:18; Deuteronomy 34:9; Joshua 1:5, 9; 3:7; 8:8

    • His life miraculously preserved when he made a favorable report about the land
      Numbers 14:10

    • Promises to
      Joshua 1:5-9

    • Leads the people into the land of Canaan
      Joshua 1; 2; 3; 4; Acts 7:45; Hebrews 4:8

    • Renews circumcision of the children of Israel; re-establishes the Passover; has a vision of the angel of God
      Joshua 5

    • Besieges and captures Jericho
      Joshua 6

    • Captures Ai
      Joshua 7; 8

    • Makes a treaty with the Gibeonites
      Joshua 9:3-27

    • The kings of the six nations of the Canaanites:

      • Band together against him
        Joshua 9:1, 2

      • Make war upon the Gibeonites; are defeated and killed
        Joshua 10

    • Defeats seven other kings
      Joshua 10:28-43

    • Conquers Hazor
      Joshua 11

    • Completes the conquest of the whole land
      Joshua 11:23

    • List of the kings whom Joshua struck down
      Joshua 12

    • Allots the land
      Joshua 13-19

    • Sets the tabernacle up at Shiloh
      Joshua 18:1

    • Sets apart several cities of refuge
      Joshua 20

    • Forty-Eighty cities for the Levites
      Joshua 21

    • Exhortation of, before his death
      Joshua 23; 24

    • Survives the Israelites who refused to enter the promised land
      Numbers 26:63-65

    • His portion of the land
      Joshua 19:49, 50

    • Death and burial of
      Joshua 24:29, 30

    • Esteem with which he was held
      Joshua 1:16-18

    • Faith of
      Joshua 6:16

    • Military genius of, as exhibited:

      • At the defeat of the Amalekites
        Exodus 17:13

      • At Ai
        Joshua 8

      • At Gibeon
        Joshua 10

      • At Hazor
        Joshua 11

    • Age of, at death
      Judges 2:8

  • An Israelite
    1Samuel 6:14, 18

  • A governor of Jerusalem
    2Kings 23:8

  • Called JESHUA:

    • The high priest of the captivity
      Ezra 2:2

    • Assists Zerubbabel in restoring the temple
      Ezra 3; 4:1-6; 5; Haggai 1:1, 12-14; 2:2

    • Symbolic of the restoration of God's people
      Zechariah 3; 6:9-15


JOSIAH

  • King of Judah:

    • General references
      2Kings 21:24-26; 22:1; 1Chronicles 3:14; 2Chronicles 33:25

    • Ancestor of Jesus
      Matthew 1:10, 11

    • Killed in battle with Pharaoh Necho
      2Kings 23:29, 30; 2Chronicles 35:20-24

    • Lamentations for
      2Chronicles 35:25

    • Piety of: exemplified in his repairing of the temple
      2Kings 22:3-7; 2Chronicles 34:1-4

    • Solicitude when the copy of the law was discovered and read to him
      2Kings 22:8-20; 2Chronicles 34:14-33

    • In keeping a solemn Passover
      2Kings 23:21-23; 2Chronicles 35:1-19

    • Called JOSIAS
      Matthew 1:10, 11

    • Prophecies concerning
      1Kings 13:1-3

    • Destroys the altar and high places of idolatry
      2Kings 23:3-20, 24, 25

  • Son of Zephaniah
    Zechariah 6:10


JOSIAS


JOSIBIAH

  • A Simeonite
    1Chronicles 4:35


JOSIPHIAH

  • Father of a chief
    Ezra 8:10


JOT

  • Vowel point in Hebrew
    Matthew 5:18

JOTBAH

  • A place in Judah
    2Kings 21:19

  • Called JOTBATH in
    Deuteronomy 10:7


JOTBATHAH

  • The twentieth encampment of Israel
    Numbers 33:33, 34


JOTHAM

  • Son of Gideon:

    • General references
      Judges 9:5, 57

    • Rebukes the Shechemites with the parable about the trees
      Judges 9:7-21

  • Son of Azariah, king of Judah:

    • General references
      2Kings 15:5-7, 32, 38; 1Chronicles 3:12; 2Chronicles 26:21-23; 27

    • Piety
      of 2Chronicles 27

    • The moral condition of Israel during his reign
      Hosea 4

    • Ancestor of Jesus
      Matthew 1:9

  • Son of Jahdai
    1Chronicles 2:47


JOY

  • Attributed to God
    Deuteronomy 28:63; 30:9; Jeremiah 32:41

  • In heaven
    Luke 15:10-32

  • Unclassified scriptures relating to
    Deuteronomy 12:18; 1Samuel 2:1; 1Chronicles 16:27; 2Chronicles 7:10; Ezra 6:22; Nehemiah 8:10, 12; 12:43; Job 8:21; 22:21, 26; 33:26; Psalm 2:11; 4:7; 5:11; 9:2, 14; 13:5; 16:5, 6, 8, 14:7; 9, 11; 17:15; 19:8; 20:5; 21:1, 6; 30:5, 28:7; 32:1, 11, 12; 2, 11; 33:21; 35:9; 36:8; 40:16; 42:4; 43:4; 45:15; 46:4; 51:8, 12; 53:6; 63:5-7, 11; 64:10; 68:3; 69:32; 70:4; 71:23; 85:6; 89:15, 16; 97:11, 12; 100:1, 2; 104:34; 119:1, 2, 14, 16, 55, 111, 105:3, 43; 162, 165; 126:5, 6; 132:16; 138:5; 149:2, 5; Proverbs 10:28; 13:9; 19:23; 28:12; 29:6; Ecclesiastes 2:26; Isaiah 9:3; 12:1-6; 25:9; 29:19; 30:29; 35:1, 2, 10; 41:16; 44:23; 49:13; 51:11; 52:9; 55:12; 56:7; 61:3, 7, 10; 65:14, 19; 66:10-12, 14; 31:12-14, Jeremiah 15:16; 25, 26; 33:6, 11; Joel 2:23; Nahum 1:15; Habakkuk 3:18; Zephaniah 3:14; Haggai 2:9; Zechariah 2:10; 9:9; 10:7; Matthew 18:13; 25:21; Luke 1:47; 2:10; 6:22, 23; 15:6-8, 10:20; 10, 22-32; John 16:20, 22, 24:52; 24, 33; 17:13; Acts 2:28; 8:8, 39; 13:52; 16:25, 34; Romans 5:2, 11; 12:12; 14:17; 15:13; 2Corinthians 1:12, 24; 6:10; 7:4; 8:2; 12:10; Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 5:18, 19; Philippians 3:3; 4:4; Colossians 1:11; 1Thessalonians 1:6; 5:16; Hebrews 10:34; James 1:2; 5:13; 1Peter 1:8; 4:13; 1John 1:4; Jude 1:24
  • Instances of Joy:

    • Of Moses and the Israelites, when Pharaoh and his army were destroyed
      Exodus 15:1-22

    • Of Deborah and the Israelites, when Sisera was overthrown
      Judges 5

    • Of Jephthah's daughter, when he returned from his victory over the Ammonites
      Judges 11:34

    • Of Hannah, when Samuel was born
      1Samuel 2:1-11

    • Of Naomi, when Boaz showed kindness to Ruth
      Ruth 2:20; 4:14

    • Of the Israelites:

      • When Saul was presented as their king
        1Samuel 10:24

      • When David killed Goliath
        1Samuel 18:6, 7

      • When they came to David to Hebron to make him king
        1Chronicles 12:40

      • When they took the ark of the covenant from Kirjath-jearim
        1Chronicles 13:8

      • When they brought the ark of the covenant from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem
        1Chronicles 15:16, 25, 28

      • When they made gifts to the house of God
        1Chronicles 29:9

      • When they kept the dedication of the temple, and the feast of tabernacles under Ezra
        Ezra 6:16, 22

    • Of the Jews:

      • After hearing, anew, the word of God
        Nehemiah 8:9-18

      • When they turned away from idolatry
        2Chronicles 15:14, 15; 23:18, 21; 30:21, 29:30, 36; 23, 26

      • When the wall of Jerusalem was dedicated
        Nehemiah 12:43

      • When the foundation of the second temple was laid
        Ezra 3:11-13

    • Of David, over the offerings of the princes and people for the house of God
      1Chronicles 29:10-19

    • Of Jews, over the hanging of Haman
      Esther 8:15, 16 with Esther 7:10
    • Of Elizabeth, when Mary visited her
      Luke 1:5-44

    • Of Mary, when she visited Elizabeth
      Luke 1:46-56

    • Of Zecharias, when John the Baptist was born
      Luke 1:67-79

    • Of angels, when Jesus was born
      Luke 2:13, 14

    • Of the shepherds, when they saw the infant Jesus
      Luke 2:20

    • Of the Magi
      Matthew 2:10

    • Of Simeon, when Jesus was presented in the temple
      Luke 2:28-32

    • Of the disciples, because the demons were subject to them
      Luke 10:17

    • Of the father, when his prodigal son returned
      Luke 15:20-32

    • Of angels, when sinners repent
      Luke 15:7, 10

    • Of the disciples, when Jesus triumphantly entered Jerusalem
      Matthew 21:8, 9; Mark 11:8-10

    • Of the women who returned from the Lord's sepulcher
      Matthew 28:8

    • Of the disciples:

      • After the resurrection of Jesus
        Luke 24:41

      • In the temple after the ascension of Jesus
        Luke 24:53

      • In the temple because they had received the gift of the Holy Spirit
        Acts 2:46, 47
    • Of the immobile man who was healed by Peter
      Acts 3:8

    • Of Paul, when he went up to Jerusalem
      Acts 20:22-24

    • Of Paul and Silas, in the jail at Philippi
      Acts 16:25

    • Of Rhoda, when she heard Peter at the gate
      Acts 12:14

    • Of the disciples at Jerusalem, when Peter told them about the conversion of Cornelius and other Gentiles
      Acts 11:18

    • Of Barnabas, when he saw the success of the gospel at Antioch in Syria
      Acts 11:22, 23

    • Of Paul and the Corinthians, because the excommunicated member repented
      2Corinthians 1:24; 2:3

    • Of Paul and Titus, because of the hospitality of the Corinthians
      2Corinthians 7:13 with 2Corinthians 8:6; Romans 15:32; 1Corinthians 16:18

    • Of the Macedonian Christians, when they made a contribution for the Christians at Jerusalem
      2Corinthians 8:2

    • Of Paul, when he prayed for the Philippian Christians
      Philippians 1:4

    • Of Thessalonians, when they believed Paul's gospel
      1Thessalonians 1:6

    • Of Paul, rejoicing over his converts
      1Thessalonians 2:19, 20; 3:9; Philemon 1:7

    • Of early Christians, when they believed in Jesus
      1Peter 1:8, 9

  • Of the wicked
    Job 20:5; Proverbs 14:13; 15:21; Ecclesiastes 2:10; 7:6; 11:8, 9; Isaiah 16:10; James 4:9

  • See HAPPINESS,  PRAISE,  THANKSGIVING


JOZABAD

  • Two men of Manasseh
    1Chronicles 12:20

  • Two Levites
    2Chronicles 31:13; 35:9

  • Son of Jeshua
    Ezra 8:33

  • A priest
    Ezra 10:22

  • Three Levites
    Ezra 10:23; Nehemiah 8:7; 11:16

  • One of David's famous warriors
    1Chronicles 12:4


JOZACHAR

  • One of the two servants of Joash, king of Judah, who killed him at Millo
    2Kings 12:21

  • Called ZABAD
    2Chronicles 24:26


JOZADAK


JUBAL

  • The inventor of musical instruments
    Genesis 4:21


JUBILEE

  • Called Acceptable Year of the Lord
    Isaiah 61:2

  • Called The Year of Liberty
    Ezekiel 46:17

  • Laws concerning
    Leviticus 25:8-55; 27:17-24; Numbers 36:4


JUCAL


JUDAH

  • Son of Jacob:

    • General references
      Genesis 35:23

    • Intercedes for Joseph's life when his brothers were about to kill him, and proposes that they sell him to the Ishmaelites
      Genesis 37:26, 27

    • Takes two wives
      Genesis 38:1-6

    • Lives at Chezib
      Genesis 38:5

    • His incest with his daughter-in-law
      Genesis 38:12-26

    • Goes down into Egypt for corn grain
      Genesis 43:1-10; 44:14-34; 46:28

    • Prophetic benediction of his father upon
      Genesis 49:8-12

    • The ancestor of Jesus
      Matthew 1:2, 3; Revelation 5:5

  • Tribe of:

    • Prophecies concerning
      Genesis 49:10

    • Enrollment of the military forces of:

      • At Sinai
        Numbers 1:26, 27; 2:4

      • At Bezek
        1Samuel 11:8; 2Samuel 24:9

      • On the plain of Moab
        Numbers 26:22

    • Place of, in encampments and the march
      Numbers 2:3, 9; 10:14

    • By whom commanded
      Numbers 2:3

    • Moses' benediction upon
      Deuteronomy 33:7

    • Commissioned by God to lead in the conquest of the promised land
      Judges 1:1-21

    • Make David king
      2Samuel 2:1-11; 5:4, 5

    • Rebuked by David for lukewarmness toward him after Absalom's defeat
      2Samuel 19:11-15

    • Accused by the other tribes of stealing the heart of David
      2Samuel 19:41-43

    • Loyal to David at the time of the insurrection led by Sheba
      2Samuel 20:1, 2

    • Is accorded the birthright forfeited by Reuben
      1Chronicles 5:1, 2; 28:4; Psalm 60:7

    • Loyal to the house of David at the time of the revolt of the ten tribes
      1Kings 12:20

    • Inheritance of
      Joshua 15; 18:6; 19:1, 9

  • Name of two exiled priests
    Ezra 10:23; Nehemiah 12:8

  • A Benjamite
    Nehemiah 11:9

  • A prince or priest who assisted in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem
    Nehemiah 12:34, 36


JUDAISM

  • The religion of the Jews. To make room for the Gospel
    Matthew 3:8, 9; 5:17-19, 21-44; 9:16, 17

  • Judaizers were a corrupt form of Christianity
    Acts 15:1; 21:20-25; Galatians 3-6

  • See TEACHERS, FALSE


JUDAS

  • Surnamed Iscariot:

    • Chosen as an apostle
      Matthew 10:4; Mark 3:19; Luke 6:16; Acts 1:17

    • The treasurer of the disciples
      John 12:6; 13:29

    • His greed exemplified:

      • By his protest against the breaking of the container of ointment
        John 12:4-6

      • By his bargaining to betray Jesus for a sum of money
        Matthew 26:14-16; Mark 14:10, 11; Luke 22:3-6; John 13:2

    • His apostasy
      John 17:12

    • Betrays the Lord Jesus
      Matthew 26:47-50; Mark 14:43-45; Luke 22:47-49; John 18:2-5; Acts 1:16-25

    • Returns the money to the rulers of the Jews
      Matthew 27:3-10

    • Hangs himself
      Matthew 27:5; Acts 1:18

    • Prophecies concerning
      Matthew 26:21-25; Mark 14:18-21; Luke 22:21-23; John 13:18-26; 17:12; Acts 1:16, 20; with Psalm 41:9; 109:8; Zechariah 11:12, 13

  • One of the physical half-brothers of Jesus
    Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3

  • The brother of James and probably the writer of the Epistle of Jude
    Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13; Jude 1:1

  • An apostle, probably identical with LEBBAEUS, or THADDAEUS
    John 14:22

  • Of Galilee, who stirred up a sedition among the Jews soon after the birth of Jesus
    Acts 5:37

  • A disciple who hosted Paul
    Acts 9:11

  • Surnamed Barsabas, a Christian sent to Antioch of Syria with Paul and Barnabas
    Acts 15:22-32


JUDEA

  • Also called JUDAH and JUDAEA.

    • The southern division of Palestine, extending from the Jordan River and the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from Shiloh on the north to the wilderness on the south
      Matthew 4:25; Luke 5:17; John 4:47, 54

    • The term applies to all of Palestine in
      Luke 1:5

    • It applies to the territory east of the Jordan River
      Matthew 19:1; Mark 10:1; Luke 23:5

  • Wilderness of

    • Called Beth-arabah
      Joshua 15:6, 61

    • Assigned to Benjamin
      Joshua 18:22

    • John the Baptist preaches in
      Matthew 3:1; Luke 3:3


JUDGE

  • Appointed by the Persians
    Ezra 7:25

  • Kings and other rulers as
    2Samuel 8:15; 15:2; 1Kings 3:16-28; 10:9; 2Kings 8:1-6; Psalm 72:1-4; Matthew 27:11-26; Acts 23:34, 35; 24; 25:11, 12

  • Priests and Levites as
    Deuteronomy 17:9; 2Chronicles 19:8; Ezekiel 44:23, 24; Matthew 26:57-62

  • Deborah, as woman, served as a judge
    Judges 4:4

  • Held circuit courts
    1Samuel 7:16

  • Character of, and precepts relating to
    Exodus 18:21, 22; 22:9, 28; Leviticus 19:15; Deuteronomy 1:12-17; 16:18-20; 17:8-11; 19:16-19; 25:1-3; 1Samuel 2:25; 8:3; 1Kings 3:9; 2Chronicles 19:5-10; 72:1, 2, Psalm 58:1, 2; 4, 12-14; 82:2-4; Proverbs 24:23; Isaiah 5:22, 23; 28:5, 6; Ezekiel 44:24; Daniel 9:12; Micah 7:3; Zephaniah 3:3; John 7:24

  • Corrupt, instances of:

    • Eli's sons
      1Samuel 2:12-17, 22-25

    • Samuel's sons
      1Samuel 8:1-5

    • The judges of Jezreel
      1Kings 21:8-13

    • Pilate
      Matthew 27:24; Mark 15:15 with Mark 15:19-24

    • Felix
      Acts 24:26, 27

  • God as


JUDGES OF ISRAEL

  • During the time when the land was ruled by judges.

  • General references
    Judges 2:16-19; Acts 13:20

  • Othniel
    Judges 3:9-11

  • Ehud
    Judges 3:15-30

  • Shamgar
    Judges 3:31

  • Deborah
    Judges 4; 5

  • Gideon
    Judges 6:11-40; 7; 8

  • Abimelech
    Judges 9:1-54

  • Tola
    Judges 10:1-2

  • Jair
    Judges 10:3-5

  • Jephthah
    Judges 11; 12:1-7

  • Ibzan
    Judges 12:8-10

  • Elon
    Judges 12:11-12

  • Abdon
    Judges 12:13-14

  • Samson
    Judges 13; 14; 15; 16

  • Eli led Israel
    1Samuel 4:18

  • Samuel as the leader judge
    1Samuel 7:6, 15-17

  • The sons of Samuel
    1Samuel 8:1-5


JUDGING


JUDGMENT

  • The general judgment
    1Chronicles 16:33; Job 14:17; 21:30; 31:13-15; Psalm 9:7; 50:3-6; 96:13; 98:9; Ecclesiastes 3:17; 11:9; 12:14; Ezekiel 18:20-28; Daniel 7:9, 10; Amos 4:12; Matthew 3:12; 7:22, 23; 8:29; 10:15; 11:22; 12:36, 37, 13:30, 40-43, 41, 42; 49, 50; 16:27; 22:11-13; 23:14; 25:1-46; Mark 4:22; 8:38; 13:32; Luke 3:17; 10:10-14; 11:31, 32; 12:2-5; 13:24-29; 19:12-26; 20:45-47; John 5:22; 12:48; Acts 2:19-21; 10:42; 17:31; 24:25; Romans 2:5-10, 12-16; 14:10-12; 1Corinthians 3:13; 4:5; 6:2; 2Corinthians 5:10; 2Thessalonians 1:7, 8; 2Timothy 4:1, 8; Hebrews 6:2; 9:27; 10:27; 1Peter 4:5, 7; 2Peter 2:4, 9; 3:7, 10-12; 1John 4:17; Jude 1:6, 14, 15, 24; Revelation 1:7; 6:15-17; 11:18; 20:11-15; 22:12

  • Judgment according to opportunity and works:

    • General references
      Genesis 4:7; Job 34:11; Proverbs 11:31; 12:14; 24:11, 12; Psalm 62:12; 5:1-6, Isaiah 3:10, 11; 15, 16; 24:2; 28:24-28; 59:18; Jeremiah 17:10, 11; Ezekiel 7:3, 32:19; 4, 27; 9:4-6; 16:59; 18:4-9, 19-32; 33:18-20; 39:24; Hosea 4:9; 12:2; Amos 3:2; Zechariah 1:6; Matthew 10:14, 15; 11:24; 12:37; 21:33-36; 23:14; 25:14-30; Mark 6:11; 14:21; Luke 9:5; 10:12-15; 11:49-51; 12:47, 48; 13:6-9; 19:12-27; 20:47; 21:1-4; John 3:19, 20; 5:45; 9:41; 12:48; 15:22, 24; Romans 2:5-12, 27; 1Corinthians 3:8, 12-15; 4:5; 2Corinthians 2:15, 16; 11:15; Galatians 6:5-10; Ephesians 6:7, 8; Colossians 3:25; 1Timothy 1:13; 2Timothy 4:14; Hebrews 2:2, 3; 10:26-30; 12:25; James 2:12, 13; 1Peter 1:17; 2Peter 2:20, 21; Revelation 2:23; 20:12, 13

    • Parable of the vineyard
      Isaiah 5:1-6

    • Parable of the husbandman
      Isaiah 28:24-28

    • Parable of the wicked husbandmen
      Matthew 21:33-36

    • Parable of the talents
      Matthew 25:14-30

    • See GOD, JUDGE,   JESUS, JUDGE,   PUNISHMENT, ACCORDING TO DEEDS


JUDGMENT-HALL


JUDGMENT-SEAT

  • General references
    Matthew 27:19; Acts 18:12; 25:10

  • Of Christ
    Romans 14:10


JUDGMENTS

  • On the serpent
    Genesis 3:14, 15

  • Eve
    Genesis 3:16

  • Adam
    Genesis 3:17-19

  • Cain
    Genesis 4:11-15

  • The Antediluvians
    Genesis 6:7

  • Sodomites
    Genesis 19:23-25

  • Egyptians, the plagues and overthrow
    Exodus 7:14

  • Nadab and Abihu
    Leviticus 10:1-3

  • Miriam
    Numbers 12:1-15

  • Upon the Israelites:

    • For worshiping Aaron's calf
      Exodus 32:35

    • For complaining
      Numbers 11:1, 14:22, 23, 33, 34; 32, 35-37; 25:4, 21:6; 5, 9

    • The forty years of wandering, a judgment
      Numbers 14:26-39; 26:63-65; Deuteronomy 2:14-17

    • Delivered into the hands of the:

      • Assyrians
        2Kings 17:6-41
      • Chaldeans
        2Chronicles 36:14-21

  • Upon the Canaanites
    Leviticus 18:25; Deuteronomy 7; 12:29-32

  • See CANAANITES

  • Upon Abimelech
    Judges 9:52-57

  • Upon Uzzah
    2Samuel 6:7

  • Upon Hananiah, the false prophet
    Jeremiah 28:15, 16, 17

  • Upon Eli's house
    1Samuel 2:27-36 with 1Samuel 4:10-22

  • Upon the prophet of Judah, for disobedience
    1Kings 13:1-24

  • Upon Zimri
    1Kings 16:18, 19

  • Upon Gehazi
    2Kings 5:27

  • Upon Sennacherib
    2Kings 19:35-37

  • Denounced against:

    • Solomon
      1Kings 11:9-14, 23

    • Jeroboam
      1Kings 14:7-15

    • Ahab and Jezebel
      1Kings 21:19-24

    • Ahaziah
      2Chronicles 22:7-9

    • Manasseh
      2Chronicles 33:11

  • Denounced against disobedience
    Leviticus 26:14-39; Deuteronomy 28:15-68; 29; 32:19-43

  • Misunderstood
    Jeremiah 16:10; Joel 2:17

  • No escape from

    • General references
      Exodus 20:7; Isaiah 2:10, 34:7; 12-19, 21; Ezekiel 14:13, 14; Amos 5:16-20; 9:1-4; Matthew 23:33; Hebrews 2:1-3; 10:28, 29; 12:25; Revelation 6:16, 17

    • See ESCAPE

  • Executed by human instrumentality
    Jeremiah 51:2

  • Design of

    • General references
      Exodus 14:17, 18, 31; Leviticus 10:3; Deuteronomy 29:22-28; Psalm 9:16, 20; 59:13; 83:16-18; Isaiah 26:9; 64:1, 2; Ezekiel 11:10-12; 12:16; 14:7, 8; 25:5, 21:3-5; 7, 11; 26:6; 30:8, 29:9, 16; 25, 26; 33:29; Daniel 4:17, 38:22, 23; 24-26, 34; Romans 9:17, 22; 1Corinthians 10:6, 11; Revelation 2:23

    • See AFFLICTIONS, DESIGN OF,   CHASTISEMENT,   PUNISHMENT, SIN, PUNISHMENT OF


JUDITH

  • A wife of Esau
    Genesis 26:34

  • Called AHOLIBAMAH
    Genesis 36:2


JULIA

  • A Christian woman in Rome
    Romans 16:15


JULIUS

  • A centurion
    Acts 27:1, 3, 43


JUNIA

  • A relative of Paul
    Romans 16:7


JUNIPER TREE

  • A tree
    1Kings 19:4, 5; Job 30:4; Psalm 120:4


JUPITER

  • A Greek and Roman deity
    Acts 14:12, 13; 19:35


JURISDICTION


JURY

  • Of ten men
    Ruth 4:2

  • Of seventy men, elders senators
    Numbers 11:16, 17, 24, 25


JUSHAB-HESED

  • Son of Zerubbabel
    1Chronicles 3:20


JUSTICE

  • General references
    Exodus 23:1-3, 6-8; Leviticus 19:13-15; Deuteronomy 16:18-20; 25:1-4; Ezra 7:26; Psalm 72:1, 2; 82:2-4; Proverbs 17:15, 26; 18:5, 17; 20:8; 22:27; 24:23; 28:21; 29:26; Ecclesiastes 3:16, 17; 5:8; 7:7; Isaiah 1:17; 56:1; 59:14, 15; Jeremiah 22:1-4; Amos 5:7, Lamentations 3:35, 36; 11, 12; Micah 7:3; Habakkuk 1:4; Zechariah 8:16; Matthew 5:23; 12:7; John 7:24, 51; 1Corinthians 13:6

  • See COURTS ,   JUDGES ,  WITNESS ,  LAWYERS


JUSTIFICATION

  • General references
    Genesis 15:6; Psalm 32:2; 71:16; 89:16; Isaiah 42:21; 45:24, 25; 46:12, 13; 50:8; 51:5, 6; 53:11; 54:17; 56:1; 61:10; Jeremiah 23:6; Habakkuk 2:4; Zechariah 3:4; John 5:24; Acts 13:39; Romans 1:16, 17; 2:13; 3:21, 22, 24-26, 28, 30; 5:1, 4:3-25; 9, 11-21; 6:22; 7:1-25; 8:1, 30, 31, 33, 34; 9:30-32; 10:1-21; 1Corinthians 1:30; 6:11; 2Corinthians 5:19, 21; 3:6, 8, 9, 11, 21, Galatians 2:14-21; 22, 24; 4:21-31; 5:4-6; Ephesians 6:14; Philippians 3:8, 9; Colossians 2:13, 14; Titus 3:7; Hebrews 11:4, 7; James 2:20-23, 26

  • See ADOPTION,   FORGIVENESS,   REGENERATION,   SANCTIFICATION,  SIN, CONFESSION OF, SIN, FORGIVENESS OF


JUSTUS

  • A disciple nominated with Matthias to succeed Judas Iscariot
    Acts 1:23

  • A believer in Corinth
    Acts 18:7

  • Called JESUS, a disciple in Rome
    Colossians 4:11


JUTTAH

  • A Levitical city in the territory of the tribe of Judah
    Joshua 15:55; 21:16


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