Bible Dictionaries

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Judas

Ju'das. The Greek form of the Hebrew name, Judah, occurring in the Septuagint (LXX) and the New Testament.

1. The patriarch, Judah. Matthew 1:2-3.

2. A man, residing at Damascus, in "the street which is called Straight," in whose house Saul of Tarsus lodged, after his miraculous conversion. Acts 9:11.

3. Judas, surnamed Barsabas, a leading member of the apostolic church at Jerusalem, Acts 15:22, endued with the gift of prophesy, Acts 15:32, chosen with Silas to accompany Paul and Barnabas, as delegates to the church at Antioch. (A.D. 47). Later, Judas went back to Jerusalem.