G2455 – Ioudas – Ἰούδας – He Shall Be Praised; trad. trad. Judas, Jude

Strong’s ID:
G2455
Greek Word:
Ἰούδας
Transliteration:
ioudas / Ioudas
Pronunciation:
ee-oo-das’
Part of Speech:
noun masculine
Usage Count:
38
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Find “Ioudas” in the Bible (New Testament)

Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of Hebrew origin ; Judas (i.e. Jehudah), the name of ten Israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region:—Juda(-h, -s); Jude.

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

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

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.