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): /ˈdʒuːdəs/
• 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. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (religion) The penultimate book of the Bible, with only one chapter, composed of twenty-five verses.

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), 犹大 (zh) (Yóudà)

  Min Dong: 猶大／犹大 (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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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), 犹大 (zh) (Yóudà)

  Min Dong: 猶大書／犹大书 (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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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. A small hole in a door through which a person can spy without being seen from the other side, used especially in prisons; a Judas-hole.
   • 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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 Galician-Portuguese Judas, from Latin Jūdas, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יהודה.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒu.dɐs/

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]

Proper noun

Judas m

1. (biblical) 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

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Anagrams

• sjuda