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Judas

Judas

35 9.1
The apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for money
  • proper noun
  • /ˈdʒuːdəs/
  • Literature
translation icon : Judas Iscariote
  • When Judas betrayed Jesus, his reward was 30 pieces of silver.
  • Judas Iscariot
  • Judas betrayed Christ
  • Judas's betrayal

And he's and when Judas pulls up with the with the, the people come and arrest him.

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Examples

  • When the supper was finished, Judas went forth to sell Christ our Lord.

    Blog text (2)
  • I will not belabor the obvious parallel with Judas Iscariot.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • You are a Judas to your own people.

  • Her own mama turned him in like some kind of Judas.

  • Throughout most of the video, while she may be falling for Judas, she still stands by Jesus.

    Blog text (2)
  • Well, Peter denied and Judas betrayed

  • One of the Twelve had to carry on, my mother explained, after Judas had perpetrated his evil.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • 14:43 Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived.

    Blog text (2)
  • And so right after that, then the next, the next thing that happens in Mark is that Judas then decides to betray Jesus.

  • When Judas betrayed Jesus, his reward was 30 pieces of silver.

Synonyms

Judas Iscariot
vsJudas
  • Literature
8.1

One of Jesus's twelve followers who betrayed him for thirty silver coins

is the same apostle but expressed as a variant name in texts

Compounds

A small tree from the eastern Mediterranean with many purplish-red flowers on its trunk and branches before the leaves appear

Surface Forms

Judas main

Etymology

Judas comes from the Hebrew name Yehudah, meaning 'praised', but one famous Judas (Iscariot) betrayed Jesus for money, and because of that the name became linked with betrayal.