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Jude

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English

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Etymology

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Short form of Judas, used in an attempt to distinguish the Apostle Judas Thaddaeus from Judas Iscariot.[1] From Old Testament Judah, Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá), said to mean “praised”.

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Jude (countable and uncountable, plural Judes)

  1. (biblical) The second last book of the New Testament of the Bible.
    Synonym: (abbreviation) Jud.
  2. (biblical) One of the Apostles, also called Thaddaeus.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew.
  4. A female given name.

Quotations

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  • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Jude 1:1:
    Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called.
  • 1968 John Lennon and Paul McCartney: Hey Jude (a Beatles song):
    Hey Jude, don't make it bad
    Take a sad song and make it better
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ A Dictionary of First Names (OUP)

French

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Jude m

  1. (biblical) Jude

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle High German jude, jüde, from Old High German judo, judeo, from Latin iūdaeus (Judaean, Jew), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), derived from Ἰουδά (Ioudá, Judah) + -ιος (-ios), the former from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yəhūḏāh).

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Noun

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Jude m (weak, genitive Juden, plural Juden, feminine Jüdin)

  1. Jew
    Antonyms: Nichtjude; Goi, Goj

Declension

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Declension of Jude [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Jude die Juden
genitive eines des Juden der Juden
dative einem dem Juden den Juden
accusative einen den Juden die Juden

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Esperanto: judo
  • Yiddish: יודע (yude)
  • Volapük: yud, yudan

Further reading

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  • Jude” in Duden online
  • Jude”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Iūdaea, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαία (Ioudaía), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá).

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Jude

  1. Judea

References

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Romanian

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Etymology

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From jude.

Proper noun

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Jude m (genitive/dative lui Jude)

  1. a surname