Bible Dictionary
Jewry
Jewry is an older English term for Judah or Judea, the land or country of the Jews.
Definition
Jewry is an older English term for Judah or Judea, meaning the country or land of the Jews.
Biblical Usage
The term occurs in Daniel and in the New Testament and Apocalypse. In passages where older English has “Jewry,” later versions may use “Judah” or “Judaea.”
Historical Background
The English word came through Norman French and was frequent in Old English.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(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 (ISBE)
<p>ju'-ri, joo'-ri: In Da 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, Lu 23:5; Joh 7:1, where the Revised Version (British and American) has correctly "Judaea" (Ioudaia) (which see).</p>