Ἰούδας, Ιουδα, dative Ιουδα, accusative, Ιουδαν (Buttmann, 20 (18)), ὁ (éÀäåÌãÈä, from the Hoph. of éÈãÈä, praised, celebrated; see Gen 29:35), Judah or Judas (see below);

1. the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob: Mat 1:2; Luk 3:33; Rev 5:5; Rev 7:5; by metonymy, the tribe of Judah, the descendants of Judah: Heb 7:14; ὁ οἶκος Ιουδα, citizens of the kingdom of Judah, Heb 8:8.

2. Judah (or Judas) an unknown ancestor of Christ: Luk 3:26 R G L.

3. another of Christ’s ancestors, equally unknown: Luk 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: Act 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: Act 9:11.

6. Judas surnamed Ἰσκαριώτης (which see), of Carioth (from the city of Kerioth, Jos 15:25; Jeremiah 31:41 (); Amo 2:2; (but see BB. DD. under the word ); some manuscripts in Joh 6:71 (cf. Tdf.’s note at the passage cited); Joh 12:4, read ἀπό Καριωτου instead of Ἰσκαριώτης), the son of one Simon (who in Joh 6:71 L T Tr WH; T Tr WH, is himself surnamed Ἰσκαριώτης), one of the apostles of Jesus, who betrayed him: Mat 10:4; Mat 26:14; Mat 26:25; Mat 26:47; Mat 27:3; Mar 3:19; Mar 14:10; Mar 14:43; Luk 6:16; Luk 22:3; Luk 22:47; Joh 6:71; Joh 12:4; Joh 13:2; Joh 13:26; Joh 13:29; Joh 18:2 ff,; Act 1:16; Act 1:25. Matthew (Mat 27:5), Luke (Act 1:18), and Papias (cf. Wendt in Meyer’s Apostelgesch. 5te Aufl., p. 23 note) in a fragment quoted by Oecumenius on Act 1:18 differ in the account of his death (see B. D. American edition under the word); on his avarice cf. Joh 12:6.

7. Judas, surnamed Barsabas (or Barsabbas, see the word), a prophet of the church at Jerusalem: Act 15:22; Act 15:27; Act 15:32.

8. Judas, an apostle, Joh 14:22, who is called Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου in Luk 6:16; Act 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: Mat 13:55; Mar 6:3, and very probably Jud 1:1; see Ἰάκωβος, 3.