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JUDAS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Judas mean?

• JUDAS (noun)
The noun JUDAS has 4 senses:

1. (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
2. (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver
3. someone who betrays under the guise of friendship
4. a one-way peephole in a door

Familiarity information: JUDAS used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• JUDAS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Judas; Jude; Saint Jude; St. Jude; Thaddaeus

Instance hypernyms:

Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Domain category:

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

(New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Judas Iscariot; Judas

Instance hypernyms:

Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)

Domain category:

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Someone who betrays under the guise of friendship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Judas" is a kind of...):

betrayer; double-crosser; double-dealer; traitor; two-timer (a person who says one thing and does another)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

A one-way peephole in a door

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("judas" is a kind of...):

eyehole; peephole; spyhole (a hole (in a door or an oven etc) through which you can peep)

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