What does "judas" mean?
Alternative letter-case form of Judas (“traitor”).
Judas
/ˈd͡ʒuːdəs/ intj, name, noun
intj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Alternative letter-case form of Judas (“traitor”).
- Grammar: judas is listed as intj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: archtraitor, benedict arnold, betrayer, betrayer.
- Useful contrasts: ally, faithful follower, friend.
- Usage evidence: The Burning of Judas is still common in some Christian communities.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of Judas (“traitor”). alt-of
"There is no better example of such a phenomenon as the infamous moment when Bob Dylan was proclaimed a ‘judas’ for going electric."
- 2 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."
- 3 a one-way peephole in a door wordnet
- 4 Alternative letter-case form of Judas (“Judas-hole”). alt-of
"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."
- 5 Ellipsis of Judas-hole (“small hole for spying”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
"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."
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- 6 someone who betrays under the guise of friendship wordnet
Intj
- 1 Jesus! (an exclamation used to express shock or surprise at something negative) archaic
Proper Noun
- 1 Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve original Apostles of Jesus, known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities.
- 2 A male given name from Hebrew.
- 3 Alternative form of Jude, the penultimate book of the Bible and its ascribed author, Jude the Apostle (Judas Thaddaeus). alt-of, alternative, archaic
"[…] you should as well reject those Deuterocanonici of the new testament as the epistle to the Hebrewes, Judas epistle and the Apocalyps […]"
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"The Burning of Judas is still common in some Christian communities."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "judas"?
Common synonyms include: archtraitor, benedict arnold, betrayer, betrayer, brutus, cockatrice.
How do you use "judas" in a sentence?
The Burning of Judas is still common in some Christian communities.
How do you pronounce "judas"?
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒuːdəs/.
Etymology
From Middle English Iudas, from Latin Iudas, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá). Doublet of Judah.