judas

Proper noun capitalized: Judas

Judas

1. Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve original Apostles of Jesus, known for his role in Jesus' betrayal into the hands of Roman authorities.
2. A male given name from Hebrew.
3. (alternative, archaic) Alternative form of Jude, the penultimate book of the Bible and its ascribed author, Jude the Apostle (Judas Thaddaeus).
   • […] you should as well reject those Deuterocanonici of the new testament as the epistle to the Hebrewes, Judas epistle and the Apocalyps […]1615, John Ainsworth, The Trying Out of the Truth […] , page 122
   • The Catholique (or General) Epistle of the Apostle JUDAS1675, Francis Roberts, Clavis Bibliorum: The Key of the Bible […] , page 573

Noun capitalized: Judas

Judas (plural Judases)

1. A traitor; a person not to be trusted.
   • If there was a moment when Jack Dorsey first morphed from Jesus to Judas in the minds of many former Twitter staffers, it was when he described Elon Musk as the “singular solution” to take over the social media platform he co-founded.2023 May 6, Hannah Murphy, “Twitter’s co-founder moves against Musk”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9
2. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Judas-hole (“small hole for spying”).
   • The door was slammed in his face, and the Judas clicked shut, leaving him alone in the draughty street, now smelling of night and approaching snow.1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 706
   • At the top of the stairs was a heavy door with a peephole. Flick banged on it and stood where her face could be seen through the judas.2001, Ken Follett, Jackdaws, Dutton, →ISBN, page 359

Interjection capitalized: Judas

1. (archaic, minced oath) Jesus! (an exclamation used to express shock or surprise at something negative)