JUDAS


Meaning of JUDAS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈjü-dəs ]

noun

Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Ioudas, from Hebrew Yĕhūdhāh

Date: before 12th century

1.

a. : the apostle who in the Gospel accounts betrayed Jesus

b. : a son of James and one of the twelve apostles

2. : traitor ; especially : one who betrays under the guise of friendship

3. not capitalized : peephole — called also judas hole, judas window

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