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Jewry

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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Jew'ry. (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.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Jewry'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​j/jewry.html. 1901.
 
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