Judas

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See also: judas, Júdás, Jūdas, and judąs

English

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Etymology

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

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Judas

  1. (biblical) One of the twelve original Apostles of Jesus, known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities.
    Synonym: 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.

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Noun

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Judas (plural Judases)

  1. A traitor; a person not to be trusted.
    • 2023 May 6, Hannah Murphy, “Twitter's co-founder moves against Musk”, in FT Weekend, page 9:
      If there was a moment when Jack Dorsey first morphed from Jesus to Judas in the minds of many former Twitter staffers, it was when he described Elon Musk as the “singular solution” to take over the social media platform he co-founded.
  2. Short for Judas-hole (small hole for spying).
    • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 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.

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Judas

  1. (minced oath, archaic) Jesus! (an exclamation used to express shock or surprise at something negative)

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjy.dɑs/
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  • Hyphenation: Ju‧das

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Judas m

  1. (biblical) Judas

French

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Judas m

  1. (biblical) Judas

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Judas m (plural Judas)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of judas (spyhole)

German

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Etymology 1

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From Latin Judas, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhūḏā).

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

  1. a male given name
    1. (biblical) Judas
    2. (biblical) Judas/Jude
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Noun

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Judas m (strong, genitive Judas, plural Judasse)

  1. Judas, traitor
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjuːda(ː)s/, [ˈjuːˌdaːs], [ˈjuː.daˑs], [ˈjuː.das]

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Judas

  1. genitive singular of Juda

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  • Judas” in Duden online

Latin

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Proper noun

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Jūdās m sg (genitive Jūdae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of Iūdās

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese Judas, from Latin Iūdās, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδᾱς (Ioúdās), from Hebrew יהודה.

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Judas m

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

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

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Judas m

  1. (biblical) Jude (the book of the Bible)
  2. (biblical) Judas (one of the Apostles)
    Synonym: Judas Iscariote

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Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas).

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Judas c (genitive Judas)

  1. (biblical) Judas

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Judas

  1. genitive of Juda

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