Jew in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism

of or belonging to Judea. A man of the tribe of Judah; more broadly speaking, a Hebrew. Mordecai, the Jew (Esth. 2:5), was a Benjamite. Meta As a descendant of Judah, son of Jacob, and as a member of the tribe or kingdom of Judah, a Jew signifies a thought springing from and belonging to the praise and inner-life consciousness of the individual. As a Hebrew, which a Jew is in the broader sense, the significance is the same as that of HEBREW, which see. For the symbology of Mordecai the Jew, see MORDECAI. See JEWS also.