(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.
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Jewry
Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.