Jude

Examples

• All

• Do you know why St. Jude is the patron saint of lost causes?

  The Life of David Gale (2003)

• O Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles.

  Blog text (22)

• And what is Saint Jude known for?

  St. Vincent (2014)

• What would Saint Jude do?

  Cake (2014)

• Saint Jude was always my favorite.

  The Girl on the Train (2014)

• Somebody had one of those prayers to St. Jude, mentioned me by name.

  Fiction book (1996)

• It's Saint Jude, the patron saint of lost causes.

  Man on Fire (2004)

• Can you intercede with Saint Jude and make my life bearable again?

  Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby (2000)

• We are praying to St. Jude and St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (Patron Saint of Immigrants).

  Blog text (30)

• When in trouble, many people turn to St. Jude for hope and guidance.

Synonyms

J

Judas

vsJude

9 8.5

One of Jesus' followers whom people pray to for hopeless problems

is the same figure but uses a different personal name in texts

S

St. Jude

vsJude

1 6.7

A Christian saint and one of Jesus's twelve followers who people ask for help with hopeless problems

is a traditional title used for the same apostle in many churches

T

Thaddaeus

vsJude

• Literature

1 9.9

One of Jesus's twelve followers whom people often ask for help in very difficult or hopeless situations

is the same person in many accounts but identification is less certain

J

Jude the Apostle

vsJude

• Literature

7.6

A Christian saint who was one of Jesus' twelve followers and whom people pray to for help in desperate situations

is the same figure but often named in its shorter form

S

Saint Jude

vsJude

6.8

One of the twelve followers of Jesus often prayed to for help in desperate situations

is the common devotional name for that same apostle

Compounds

E

Epistle of Jude

9.5

A short book in the New Testament that warns Christians about false teachers

Surface Forms

Etymology