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    Judson

    JUD-sun

    Meaning

    Son of Jud; Praised one's son

    English/Hebrew origin · Boy

    What it points to

    Judson builds a house of praise — God inhabiting, every breath praising, the son whose worship creates the space where the Holy One dwells.

    Verses · King James Version

    “But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.”

    Psalm 22:3

    “Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.”

    Psalm 150:6

    Most used in the 1880s (US records)

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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