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judas¹
noun judases
- Alternative letter-case form of Judas (“traitor”). There is no better example of such a phenomenon as the infamous moment when Bob Dylan was proclaimed a ‘judas’ for going electric.
- Alternative letter-case form of Judas (“Judas-hole”). Soon he heard a soft grating behind the judas, and he felt—more than he saw—that a pair of eyes were peering at him from within.
Judas²
- /ˈd͡ʒuːdəs/
Rhymes with -uːdəs
Where it comes from
From Middle English Iudas, from Latin Iudas, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá). Doublet of Judah.
proper noun Iudas · judas
- Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve original Apostles of Jesus, known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Alternative form of Jude, the penultimate book of the Bible and its ascribed author, Jude the Apostle (Judas Thaddaeus). […] you should as well reject those Deuterocanonici of the new testament as the epistle to the Hebrewes, Judas epistle and the Apocalyps […]
noun Judases · Iudas · judas
- A traitor; a person not to be trusted. 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.
- Ellipsis of Judas-hole (“small hole for spying”). 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.
interjection Iudas · judas
- Jesus! (an exclamation used to express shock or surprise at something negative)
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: judas iscariot, judah, judea, jude, traitor, yehuda, betrayer, backstabber, turncoat, quisling, double-crosser, double-dealer, renegade, defector, deserter, apostate
Translations
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name one of the Apostles
| Español | Judas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 유다 Yuda |
| 日本語 | ユダ Yuda |
| 中文 | 猶大 /犹大 Yóudà |
| हिन्दी | यहूदा yahūdā |
| Kiswahili | Yuda |
| Português | Judas |
| Français | Judas |
| Deutsch | Judas |
| Italiano | Giuda |
| Ελληνικά | Ιούδας Ioúdas |
| Română | Iuda |
| Русский | Иу́да Iúda |
| Tiếng Việt | Giuđa |
| العربية | يَهُوذَا yahūḏā |
| עברית | יְהוּדָה y'hudá |
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title = {judas},
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