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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Judas in the Bible. 1 See Jude, Saint . 2 Judas Maccabeus: see Maccabees . 3 See Judas Iscariot . 4 See Judah 1 (of which Judas is the Greek form). 5 In the Acts of the Apostles, owner of a house in Damascus where St. Paul went after his conversion. 6 See Judas Barsabas . 7 In the Gospels, "brother" of Jesus.
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Judas Maccabeus Judas Maccabeus (died 160 B.C.) was the leader of a Jewish revolt against the ... king of Syria. Third son of Mattathias, the Hasmonean priest of Modin, Judas received the added name Maccabeus, generally believed to mean "Hammerer ...
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judas opening through which one can look without being seen. XIX. — F. judas , transf. use of the name of the disciple who betrayed Jesus Christ (Matt. 26: 48).
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