Judas

Judas

See also: judas, Júdás, Jūdas, and judąs

English

Alternative forms

• Iudas (archaic)
• (common noun): judas

Etymology

From Middle English Iudas, from Latin Iudas, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה‎ (y'hudá). Doublet of Judah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːdəs/
• Rhymes: -uːdəs

Proper noun

Judas

1. (biblical) One of the twelve original Apostles of Jesus, known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities. Also called Judas Iscariot.
2. A male given name from Hebrew.
3. (biblical, archaic) Alternative form of Jude, the penultimate book of the Bible and its ascribed author, Jude the Apostle.
   • 1615, John Ainsworth, The Trying Out of the Truth […] , page 122:

     […] you should as well reject those Deuterocanonici of the new testament as the epistle to the Hebrewes, Judas epistle and the Apocalyps […]

   • 1675, Francis Roberts, Clavis Bibliorum: The Key of the Bible […] , page 573:

     The Catholique (or General) Epistle of the Apostle JUDAS

   • 1778, John James Bachmair, The Revelation of St. John Historically Explained […] , page 11:

     St. Peter writes against those that had the doctrine of Balaam, 2 Pet. ii. 15, 16. St. Judas did the same, Jud. v. 11.

Usage notes

• This name has been borne by Judas Maccabeus and the two apostles Judas Thaddaeus and also Judas Iscariot, because of whom the name is rarely used as a Christian name. The doublet Jude, on the other hand, is tolerably common, as only Judas Thaddaeus is known by that variant.

Translations

one of the Apostles

Afrikaans: Judas (af) Albanian: Juda m Arabic: يَهُوذَا‎ (ar) m (yahūḏā) Armenian: Հուդա (hy) (Huda) Old Armenian: Յուդա (Yuda), Յուդայ (Yuday) Basque: Judas (eu) Belarusian: Іу́да m (Iúda), Ю́да m (Júda) Breton: Jud (br) m Bulgarian: Ю́да m (Júda) Catalan: Judes m Cebuano: Judas Chinese: Mandarin: 猶大／犹大 (zh) (Yóudà) Min Dong: 猶大 (Iù-dâi) Corsican: Ghjuda (co) Czech: Jidáš (cs) m Danish: Judas Dutch: Judas (nl) m Estonian: Juudas Faroese: Judas (fo) m Finnish: Juudas (fi) French: Judas (fr) m Old French: Judas Georgian: იუდა (iuda) German: Judas (de) m Greek: Ιούδας (el) m (Ioúdas) Ancient Greek: Ἰούδας m (Ioúdas) Greenlandic: Judasi (kl) Hawaiian: Iuda Hebrew: יְהוּדָה‎ (he) (y'hudá) Hindi: यहूदा m (yahūdā) Hungarian: Júdás (hu) Icelandic: Júdas m Ido: Iudas (io) Indonesian: Yudas Irish: Iúdás (ga) m Italian: Giuda (it) m Japanese: ユダ (Yuda) Korean: 유다 (Yuda) Latin: Iūdās (la) m Latvian: Jūda m Lavukaleve: Jude Limburgish: Judas Lithuanian: Judas m Macedonian: Јуда m (Juda) Malay: Judas Maltese: Ġuda (mt) m Manx: Yude (gv) Maore Comorian: Yudasi Maori: Hūria Norwegian: Bokmål: Judas (no) m Nynorsk: Judas m Old English: Iūdas m Persian: یهودا‎ (fa) (yahudâ) Plautdietsch: Judas Polish: Judasz (pl) m Portuguese: Judas (pt) m Romanian: Iuda m Russian: Иу́да (ru) m (Iúda) Scots: Jude Scottish Gaelic: Iùdas (gd) m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ју̑да m Roman: Jȗda (sh) m Slovak: Judáš m Slovene: Juda (sl) m, Judež m Spanish: Judas (es) m Swahili: Yuda (sw) Swedish: Judas (sv) n Tagalog: Hudas, Judas (tl) Tajik: Яҳудо (Yahudo) Tatar: Яһүд (Yahüd) Thai: จูดาส์ Tigrinya: ይሁዳ (yəhuda) Turkish: Yehuda (tr) Ukrainian: Ю́да m (Júda) Urdu: یہودا‎ m (yahūdā) Vietnamese: Giuđa Waray-Waray: Judas Welsh: Jwdas (cy) West Frisian: Judas Zealandic: Judas

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Judas (af) Albanian: Juda m Arabic: يَهُوذَا‎ (ar) m (yahūḏā) Armenian: Հուդա (hy) (Huda) Old Armenian: Յուդա (Yuda), Յուդայ (Yuday) Basque: Judas (eu) Belarusian: Іу́да m (Iúda), Ю́да m (Júda) Breton: Jud (br) m Bulgarian: Ю́да m (Júda) Catalan: Judes m Cebuano: Judas Chinese: Mandarin: 猶大／犹大 (zh) (Yóudà) Min Dong: 猶大書 (Iù-dâi Cṳ̆) Corsican: Ghjuda (co) Czech: Judův m Danish: Judas Dutch: Judas (nl) m Estonian: Juudas Faroese: Judas (fo) m Finnish: Juudas (fi) French: Judas (fr) m Old French: Judas Georgian: იუდა (iuda) German: Judas (de) m Greek: Ιούδας (el) m (Ioúdas) Ancient Greek: Ἰούδας m (Ioúdas) Greenlandic: Judasi (kl) Hawaiian: Iuda Hebrew: יְהוּדָה‎ (he) (y'hudá) Hindi: यहूदा m (yahūdā) Hungarian: Júdás (hu) Icelandic: Júdas m Ido: Iudas (io) Indonesian: Yudas Irish: Iúdás (ga) m Italian: Giuda (it) m Japanese: ユダ (Yuda) Korean: 유다 (Yuda) Latin: Iūdās (la) m Latvian: Jūdas vēstule f Lavukaleve: Jude Limburgish: Judas Lithuanian: Judo laiškas (lt) f Macedonian: Јуда m (Juda) Malay: Judas Maltese: Ġuda (mt) m Manx: Yude (gv) Maore Comorian: Yudasi Maori: Hūria Norwegian: Bokmål: Judas (no) m Nynorsk: Judas m Persian: یهودا‎ (fa) (yahudâ) Polish: List Judy f Portuguese: Judas (pt) m Romanian: Iuda m Russian: Иу́да (ru) m (Iúda) Scots: Jude Scottish Gaelic: Iùdas (gd) m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ју̑да m Roman: Jȗda (sh) m Slovak: Júdov m Slovene: Juda (sl) m, Judež m Spanish: Judas (es) m Swahili: Yuda (sw) Swedish: Judas (sv) n Tagalog: Hudas, Judas (tl) Tajik: Яҳудо (Yahudo) Tatar: Яһүд (Yahüd) Thai: จูดาส์ Turkish: Yehuda (tr) Ukrainian: Ю́да m (Júda) Urdu: یہودا‎ m (yahūdā) Vietnamese: Giuđa Waray-Waray: Judas Welsh: Jwdas (cy) m West Frisian: Judas Zealandic: Judas

Noun

Judas (plural Judases)

1. A traitor; a person not to be trusted.
2. Short for Judas-hole (“small hole for spying”).
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 706:

     The door was slammed in his face, and the Judas clicked shut, leaving him alone in the draughty street, now smelling of night and approaching snow.

   • 2001, Ken Follett, Jackdaws, Dutton, →ISBN, page 359,

     At the top of the stairs was a heavy door with a peephole. Flick banged on it and stood where her face could be seen through the judas.

Derived terms

• Judas goat

Translations

traitor

Belarusian: іу́да m (iúda), ю́да m (júda) Bulgarian: ю́да (bg) m (júda) Catalan: judes m Czech: jidáš (cs), Jidáš (cs) Danish: judas c Finnish: Juudas (fi) French: Judas (fr) m Greek: Εφιάλτης (el) m (Efiáltis) Irish: Iúdás (ga) m Italian: giuda (it) m Old Ruthenian: ию́да m (ijúda), іу́да m (iúda), їю́да m (ijúda) Polish: judasz (pl) m Portuguese: judas (pt) m Slovak: judáš Spanish: judas (es) m Ukrainian: іу́да m (iúda), ю́да m (júda)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʏ.dɑs/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Ju‧das

Proper noun

Judas m

1. (biblical) Judas

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.da/, /ʒy.dɑ/
• Homophones: Juda, judas

Proper noun

Judas m

1. (biblical) Judas

Derived terms

• arbre de Judas
• Judas Iscariote

Noun

Judas m (plural Judas)

1. a small hole in a door through which a person can spy without being seen from the other side
   • 1882, Guy de Maupassant, La Peur:

     Au-dehors, la tempête acharnée battait la petite maison, et, par un étroit carreau, une sorte de judas placé près de la porte, je voyais soudain tout un fouillis d'arbres bousculés par le vent à la lueur de grands éclairs.

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Judas m (proper noun, strong, genitive Judas' or (with an article) Judas)

1. (biblical) Judas

Declension

Declension of Judas [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Judas
genitive	eines	des	Judas', Judas1
dative	einem	dem	Judas
accusative	einen	den	Judas

¹With an article.

Noun

Judas m (strong, genitive Judas, plural Judasse)

1. Judas; traitor

Declension

Declension of Judas [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Judas	die	Judasse
genitive	eines	des	Judas	der	Judasse
dative	einem	dem	Judas	den	Judassen
accusative	einen	den	Judas	die	Judasse

Derived terms

• Judaskuss

Further reading

• “Judas” in Duden online

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Judas, from Latin Jūdas, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יהודה‎.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.dɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.dɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.dɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.das/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.dɐʃ/ [ˈʒu.ðɐʃ]

Proper noun

Judas m

1. (biblical) Judas (name of two of the Apostles)

Noun

Judas m or f by sense (invariable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of judas

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxudas/ [ˈxu.ð̞as]
• Rhymes: -udas
• Syllabification: Ju‧das

Proper noun

Judas m

1. (bible) Jude (the book of the Bible)
2. (biblical) Judas (one of the Apostles)

   Synonym: Judas Iscariote

Derived terms

• árbol de Judas
• beso de Judas
• judas
• oreja de Judas

See also

• más falso que Judas

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Swedish

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas).

Proper noun

Judas c (genitive Judas)

1. (biblical) Judas

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Judas

1. genitive of Juda

Anagrams

• sjuda