Main Entry:

Ju·das

Pronunciation:

\ˈjü-dəs\

Function:

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 apostles2: traitor ; especially : one who betrays under the guise of friendship3not capitalized : peephole —called also judas hole judas window