noun · masculine
ioudos
Strong’sG2455
Judah, Judas, Jude
stem ioud-44 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Ioudas is a personal and tribal name, the Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah 123. It is used of a number of different people and one tribe/territory in the biblical text.
Most basically it names Judah, the son of Jacob 13, and by extension the tribe descended from him 13 and the territory associated with that tribe, including the phrases "land of Judah" and "city of Judah" 13. It is also used of another, otherwise unknown man named Judah in a genealogy 13.
The name is also borne by several distinct individuals: Judas Iscariot 1234; Judas the brother of the Lord 13; Judas the Apostle, son of James 13; a Judas of Damascus 13; a Judas surnamed Barsabbas 13; and Judas the Galilean 13. Strong's notes more broadly that the name belongs to ten different Israelites, as well as to the descendants and territory of one of them 2. In English versions the name also appears as Judah or Jude 24.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Ἰούδας, -α, dat. -ᾳ, acc. -αν
(so in LXX, and also rarely, Ἰουδά, indecl.; cf. Thack., Gr., 163), (Heb. יְהוּדָה);
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2455 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidee-oo-das'
Judas (i.e. Jehudah), the name of ten Israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesJuda(-h, -s); Jude.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
dative -ᾳ,
accusative -αν
(so in LXX, and also rarely, Ἰουδά, indecl.; cf. Thack., Gr., 163) (Heb. יְהוּדָה)
__1. Judah, son of Jacob:
__2. Judah (unknown):
__3. Judas Iscariot (see: Ἰσκαριώτης):
__4. Judas, the Lord's brother (see: ἀδελφός):
__5. Judas the Apostle, son of James (see: Θαδδαῖος):
__6. Judas, of Damascus:
__7. Judas, surnamed Βαρσαββᾶς (which see):
__8. Judas the Galilean:
Ἰωδά
(Rec. Ἰούδα)
Joda:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ioudos22×Ἰούδας | ioudois |
| object accusative | ioudon8×Ἰούδαν | ioudoin |
| direct address vocative | ioudor1×Ἰούδα | ioudoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | ioudou12×Ἰούδα | ioudoiu |
| to, for dative | ioudo1×Ἰούδᾳ | ioudoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ioudo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
44 occurrences, every one of them listed
ioudos“Judas”subjectnominative singular22×
Matthew 1:3Ioudos de gennata ton Fares kai ton …Judah was the father of Perez and …
Matthew 10:4Simōnos tos Kananaios kai Ioudos tos Iskariōtos tos kai paradōarantos auton.Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
Matthew 13:55… Iakōbos kai Iōsēf kai Simōnos kai Ioudos?… His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Matthew 26:14… poreuirantos henos toiu dōdeka, tos legorōntos Ioudos Iskariōtos, pros toin archierevoin… of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
Matthew 26:25apokrinirantos de Ioudos tos paradōarōntos auton legata; Mēti mis …Then Judas, who would betray Him, said, “Surely …
Matthew 26:47Kai ēti autou lalarōntou idou Ioudos henos toiu dōdeka erchata kai meta …While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied …
Matthew 27:3Tote horarantos Ioudos tos paradōarōntos auton hoti katakrinita metamelirantos …When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that …
Mark 14:10Kai Ioudos Iskariōth tos henos toiu dōdeka aperchata …Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went …
Mark 14:43Kai euthuos ēti autou lalarōntou paragenotō Ioudos henos toiu dōdeka kai meta autou …While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied …
Luke 22:47… lalarōntou idou ochlos, kai tos legorōntos Ioudos henos toiu dōdeka proerchote autoin, kai …… arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached …
John 12:4legatō de Ioudos tos Iskariōtos henos toiu mathētoiu autou, …But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray …
John 13:2… eis tan kardian hina paradōateia auton Ioudos Simōnou Iskariōtou,… already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to …
John 13:29… gar dokale, epei tem glōssokomem echate Ioudos, hoti legatō auto tos Iēsus; Agorazasar …Since Judas kept the money bag, some thought …
John 14:22legatō auto Ioudos, ouk tos Iskariōtos; Kurior, tinem genatē …Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why …
John 18:2oidatelē de kai Ioudos tos paradōarōntos auton ton topon, hoti …Now Judas His betrayer also knew the place …
John 18:3tos oun Ioudos labarantos tan speiran kai ek toiu …So Judas brought a band of soldiers and …
John 18:5… autoi; Mis amō. stēatelē de kai Ioudos tos paradōarōntos auton meta autoiu.… Jesus said, “I am He.” And Judas His betrayer was standing there with …
Acts 1:13… Halfaiou kai Simōnos tos zēlōtos kai Ioudos Iakōbou.… of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
Acts 1:25… houtau kai apostolau, apo hau parabainata Ioudos poreuira eis ton topon ton idion.… up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful …
Acts 5:37meta houton anastēata Ioudos tos Galilaios en tai hēmerai tau …After him, Judas the Galilean appeared in the days …
Acts 15:32Ioudos tē kai Silos, kai autois profētois …Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets …
Jude 1:1Ioudos Iēsu Christou doulos, adelfos de Iakōbou, …Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and …
ioudon“Judas”objectaccusative singular8×
Matthew 1:2… ton Iakōb, Iakōb de gennata ton Ioudon kai toin adelfoin autou,… Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
Mark 3:19kai Ioudon Iskariōth, hos kai paradōata auton.and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
Luke 6:16kai Ioudon Iakōbou kai Ioudon Iskariōth hos geneta …Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot …
Luke 6:16kai Ioudon Iakōbou kai Ioudon Iskariōth hos geneta prodotos.Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Luke 22:3Eiserchata de Satanos eis Ioudon ton kalorōnton Iskariōton, arōnton ek tou …Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the …
John 6:71legate de ton Ioudon Simōnou Iskariōtou; houtos gar mellate paradōarō …He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For …
Acts 15:22… Antiocheian sun to Paulo kai Barnabo, Ioudon ton kalorōnton Barsabbon kai Silon, androin …… with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders …
Acts 15:27apostelanē oun Ioudon kai Silon, kai autoin dia logou …Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to tell you in …
ioudor“Judas”direct addressvocative singular1×
Luke 22:48Iēsus de legata auto; Ioudor, filēme ton huion tou anthrōpou paradōasō?But Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of …
ioudou“Judah”of, belonging togenitive singular12×
Matthew 2:6Kai sis, Bēthleem gēar Ioudou, oudamōs elachistas asō en toi hēgemonoi …… you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among …
Matthew 2:6… oudamōs elachistas asō en toi hēgemonoi Ioudou; ek su gar exercheti hēgorōntos, hotinos …… means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come …
Mark 6:3… kai adelfos Iakōbou kai Iōsētou kai Ioudou kai Simōnou? kai ouk alō tais …… and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here …
Luke 1:39… tan oreinan meta spoudau eis polan Ioudou,… town in the hill country of Judah,
Luke 3:30tou Sumeōn tou Ioudou tou Iōsēf tou Iōnam tou Eliakim… son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son …
Luke 3:33… Arni tou Hesrōm tou Fares tou Ioudou… son of Perez, the son of Judah,
Acts 1:16… tem hagiem dia stomeu David peri Ioudou tou generantou hodēgou toi sullabarantoi Iēsun,… through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those …
Acts 9:11… kalorōntan Euthuan kai zētasar en oikia Ioudou Saulon onome Tarsevon, idou gar proseuchotō,… him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for …
Hebrews 7:14prodēlem gar hoti ek Ioudou anatellatē tos kurios nu, eis han …… clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses …
Hebrews 8:8… oikon Israēl kai epi ton oikon Ioudou diathēkan kainan,… Israel and with the house of Judah.
Revelation 5:5… tos leontos tos ek tau fulau Ioudou, tas rizas David, anoigara tem bibliem …… the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed …
Revelation 7:5ek fulau Ioudou dōdeka chiliadais sfragizorēntois, ek fulau Roubēn …From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of …
ioudo“Judas”to, fordative singular1×
John 13:26… auto; baptarantos oun tem psōmiem dōatō Ioudo Simōnou Iskariōtou.… the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.