STRONGS G2455:
Ἰούδας,
Ιουδα, dative
Ιουδα, accusative,
Ιουδαν (
Buttmann, 20 (18)),
ὁ (
יְהוּדָה, from the Hoph. of
יָדָה, praised, celebrated; see
Genesis 29:35),
Judah or Judas (see below);
1. the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob:
Matthew 1:2;
Luke 3:33;
Revelation 5:5;
Revelation 7:5; by metonymy, the tribe of Judah, the descendants of Judah:
Hebrews 7:14;
ὁ οἶκος Ιουδα, citizens of the kingdom of Judah,
Hebrews 8:8.
2. Judah (or Judas) an unknown ancestor of Christ:
Luke 3:26 R G L.
3. another of Christ's ancestors, equally unknown:
Luke 3:30.
4. Judas surnamed the Galilaean, a man who at the time of the census under Quirinus (better Quirinius), excited a revolt in Galilee:
Acts 5:37 (
Josephus, Antiquities 18, 1, 1, where he is called
ὁ Γαυλανιτης because he came from the city Gamala, near the Lake of Galilee in lower Gaulanitis; but he is called also
ὁ Γαλιλαῖος by
Josephus, Antiquities 18, 1, 6; 20, 5, 2;
b. j. 2, 8, 1).
5. (
Judas) a certain Jew of Damascus:
Acts 9:11.
6. Judas surnamed
Ἰσκαριώτης (which see),
of Carioth (from the city of Kerioth,
Joshua 15:25; Jeremiah 31:41 (
Jer. 48:41);
Amos 2:2; (but see
BB. DD. under the word ); some manuscripts in
John 6:71 (cf.
Tdf.'s note at the passage cited);
John 12:4, read
ἀπό Καριωτου instead of
Ἰσκαριώτης), the son of one Simon (who in
John 6:71 L T Tr WH;
John 13:26 T Tr WH, is himself surnamed
Ἰσκαριώτης), one of the apostles of Jesus, who betrayed him:
Matthew 10:4;
Matthew 26:14,
25,
47;
Matthew 27:3;
Mark 3:19;
Mark 14:10,
43;
Luke 6:16;
Luke 22:3,
47;
John 6:71;
John 12:4;
John 13:2,
26,
29;
John 18:2ff,
John 18:5;
Acts 1:16,
25. Matthew (
Matthew 27:5), Luke (
Acts 1:18), and
Papias (cf. Wendt in Meyer's Apostelgesch. 5te Aufl., p. 23 note) in a fragment quoted by
Oecumenius on
Acts 1:18 differ in the account of his death (see
B. D. American edition under the word); on his avarice cf.
John 12:6.
7. Judas, surnamed Barsabas (or Barsabbas, see the word), a prophet of the church at Jerusalem:
Acts 15:22,
27,
32.
8. Judas, an apostle,
John 14:22, who is called
Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου in
Luke 6:16;
Acts 1:13 (see
Ἰάκωβος, 4), and, as it should seem, was surnamed Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus (see
Θαδδαῖος). According to the opinion of the church that he wrote the Epistle of Jude.
9. Judas, the brother of our Lord:
Matthew 13:55;
Mark 6:3, and very probably
Jude 1:1; see
Ἰάκωβος, 3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Genesis
-
29:35
- Joshua
-
15:25
- Jeremiah
-
48:41
- Amos
-
2:2
- Matthew
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1:2; 10:4; 13:55; 26:14; 26:25; 26:47; 27:3; 27:5
- Mark
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3:19; 6:3; 14:10; 14:43
- Luke
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3:26; 3:30; 3:33; 6:16; 6:16; 22:3; 22:47
- John
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6:71; 6:71; 6:71; 12:4; 12:4; 12:6; 13:2; 13:26; 13:26; 13:29; 14:22; 18:2; 18:5
- Acts
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1:13; 1:16; 1:18; 1:18; 1:25; 5:37; 9:11; 15:22; 15:27; 15:32
- Hebrews
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7:14; 8:8
- Jude
-
1:1
- Revelation
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5:5; 7:5