Meanings
present singular third person Judaizes · participle present Judaizing · participle past Judaized · past Judaized · alternative Judaise
- transitiveTo impose Jewish beliefs or customs on someone; to convert to Judaism; to make Jewish.
The heretical Theodotion, the Judaized Symmachus.
1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC2 more examples
They were Judaizing doctors, who taught the observation of the Mosaic law.
a. 1710, George Bull, sermon[…] allowing “Israel” to exploit such situation to expropriate further Palestinian lands and to Judaize their sanctities and holy sites.
2024 January 21, Our Narrative… Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, Hamas Media Office, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2024, page 4 - intransitiveTo be engaged in activity that imposes Jewish beliefs or customs on someone or something.
Later polemicists employ anti-Muslim rhetoric, especially allegations that Muslims themselves judaize, in similar fashion.
2023 October 1, David M. Freidenreich, chapter 1, in Jewish Muslims: How Christians Imagined Islam as the Enemy, Oakland, California: University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 31
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo impose Jewish beliefs or customs on someone; to convert to Judaism; to make Jewish.
Translations
Ancient Greek ἰουδαΐζω
- ἰουδαΐζω (ioudaḯzō)to impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
Arabic هَوَّدَ
- هَوَّدَ (hawwada)to impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
Catalan judaïtzar
- judaïtzarto impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
French judaïser
- judaïserto impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
German judaisieren
- judaisierento impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
Hebrew ייהד
- ייהד (yehéd)to impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
Italian giudaizzare
- giudaizzareto impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
Latin judaizare
- judaizareto impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
Malay ميهوديکن
- ميهوديکن (meyahudikan)to impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
Portuguese judaizar
- judaizarto impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
Romanian judaiza
- judaizato impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
Russian евреизи́ровать, евреизова́ть
- евреизи́ровать (jevreizírovatʹ)to impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
- евреизова́ть (jevreizovátʹ)to impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
Spanish judaizar
- judaizarto impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
Swedish judaisera
- judaiserato impose Jewish observances or rites upon; to convert to Judaism
Cite this entry
Judaize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Judaize
“Judaize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Judaize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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