- Transliteration: Ioudas

- Phonetic: ee-oo-das'

- Definition: Judah or Judas = "he shall be praised"

1. the fourth son of Jacob

2. an unknown ancestor of Christ

3. a man surnamed the Galilean, who at the time of the census of Quirinus, excited the revolt in Galilee, Acts 5:37

4. a certain Jew of Damascus, Acts 9:11

5. a prophet surnamed Barsabas, of the church at Jerusalem, Acts 15:22,27, 32

6. the apostle, Jn 14:22, who was surnamed Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus, and according to opinion wrote the Epistle of Jude.

7. the half-brother of Jesus, Mt. 13:55

8. Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Jesus

- Origin: of hebrew origin H3063" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3063

- TDNT entry: None

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

- Strong's: Of hebrew origin [H3063" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3063]; Judas (that is Jehudah) the name of ten Israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region: - Juda (-h -s); Jude.