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Judas (i.e. Jehudah), the name of ten Israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region

Greek (New Testament) · G2455

Meanings

1. Judah, son of Jacob: Matthew 1:2, Matthew 1:3, Luke 3:33; φυλή Ἰ., Revelation 5:5, Revelation 7:5; by by metonymy, of the tribe, Hebrews 7:14; of its confines, γῆ Ἰ., Matthew 2:6; πόλις Ἰ., Luke 1:39.

2. Judah (unknown): Luke 3:30.

3. Judas Iscariot (see Ἰσκαριώτης): Matthew 10:4, Mark 3:19, Luke 6:16, John 6:71, John 13:2, and elsewhere

4. Judas, the Lord's brother (see ἀδελφός): Matthew 13:55, Mark 6:3 (prob.), Jude 1:1.

5. Judas the Apostle, son of James (see Θαδδαῖος): Luke 6:16, John 14:22, Acts 1:13.

6. Judas, of Damascus: Acts 9:11.

7. Judas, surnamed Βαρσαββᾶς (see that word): Acts 15:22, Acts 15:27, Acts 15:32.

8. Judas the Galilean: Acts 5:37.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 41 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 1:2 Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
  • Matthew 1:3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar). Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram.
  • Matthew 10:4 Simon (the zealot), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).
  • Matthew 13:55 Then they scoffed, “He’s just the carpenter’s son, and we know Mary, his mother, and his brothers—James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas.
  • Matthew 26:14 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priests
  • Matthew 26:25 Judas, the one who would betray him, also asked, “Rabbi, am I the one?” And Jesus told him, “You have said it.”
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.