Bible Names

Judas: meaning of the name

Judas means “Jude, same as Judah.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

People named Judas in the Bible

Judas in Scripture

“Judas” appears in 32 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Matthew 1:2

    Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

  • Matthew 1:3

    And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

  • Matthew 10:4

    Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

  • Matthew 13:55

    Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

  • Matthew 26:14

    Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

  • Matthew 26:25

    Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

  • Matthew 26:47

    And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

  • Matthew 27:3

    Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,