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Jude literally means "jew" doesn't it?
I am also not sure, but I think I have read somewhere that the name Judah predates the term Jew/Jude. Someone else almost anyone else would be able to clarify this though.
Jude literally means "jew" doesn't it?
I am also not sure, but I think I have read somewhere that the name Judah predates the term Jew/Jude. Someone else almost anyone else would be able to clarify this though.
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I was typing up a big, long, overly complicated message that only half made sense to me, then I found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_the_word_Jew
But no, Jude doesn't literally mean Jew. Jude is from Yehudah, from which Judah is also derived, which means 'praise; thanks'. How Jude/Judah came to refer to Jews is another story.
However, the German word for Jew is Jude. In that sense, yes, it literally means Jew.
But no, Jude doesn't literally mean Jew. Jude is from Yehudah, from which Judah is also derived, which means 'praise; thanks'. How Jude/Judah came to refer to Jews is another story.
However, the German word for Jew is Jude. In that sense, yes, it literally means Jew.
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