Judas (Ac. 9:11)

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Judas (Ac. 9:11)

Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.

The owner of the home where Paul stayed following his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:11).

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The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Judas of Damascus

Judas of Damascus (Ἰούδας, Ioudas). The owner of the home where Paul stayed following his encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:11).

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Judas (Person)

JUDAS (PERSON) [Gk Ioudas (Ἰουδας)]. Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah.1. See JUDAS MACCABEUS.2. Son of Chalphi, and a commander of the army of Jonathan, who along with Mattathias the son of Absalom, remained faithful to Jonathan when the rest of his army deserted him (1 Macc 11:70). At the outset

Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible

Judas

Judas. 1. Simon’s son, surnamed Iscariot; one of the 12 disciples of Jesus. The derivation of Iscariot is uncertain. In all probability it designated the place of his birth—the town of Kerioth. His childhood home was perhaps Kerioth of Moab, east of the Jordan (Jer 48:24; Am 2:2), or Kerioth-hezron of

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Judas

9. One with whom Paul lodged in Damascus, whose house was in “the street called Straight” (Acts 9:11). Nothing further is known of him. See Straight Street.

Tyndale Bible Dictionary

Judas

JUDAS1. Simon’s son, surnamed Iscariot; one of the 12 disciples of Jesus. The derivation of Iscariot is uncertain. In all probability it designated the place of his birth, the town of Kerioth. His childhood home was perhaps Kerioth of Moab, east of the Jordan (Jer 48:24; Am 2:2), or Kerioth-hezron of

The HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (Revised and Updated)

Judas

Judas (joo´duhs; Gk. for Heb. Judah).1 Judas Maccabeus, the third of the five sons of Mattathias. The nickname Maccabeus, which was also used for his followers (the Maccabees), probably derives from a word for “hammer.” After Antiochus IV Epiphanes polluted the temple in 167 bce, Mattathias moved with

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Judas

JUDAS. The name is so spelled in the NT after Gr. Ioudas, for the Heb. name Judah (q.v.). The latter comes from the Heb. root yādâ meaning “to give thanks, laud, praise.”1. Judah the son of Jacob and father of the tribe that was known by that name (Gen 35:23), called Judas in NT (Mt 1:2–3).2. Judas

The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition

Judas

JUDAS. 1. The Lord’s brother (Mt. 13:55 = Mk. 6:3). Perhaps the author of the Epistle of *Jude, who styles himself ‘brother of James’ (*Brethren of the Lord).2. The son of James, and one of the Twelve (Lk. 6:16), called also Lebbaeus (Mt. 10:3, av) and Thaddaeus (Mk. 3:18), who asked Jesus a question

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Judas

Judas (Gk. Ioúdas)1. The son of Chalphi; a commander in the army of Jonathan who with Mattathias remained with Jonathan while all others fled in the ambush at Hazor (1 Macc. 11:70).2. A son of Simon Maccabeus and brother of John Hyrcanus. Together Judas and John defeated the Seleucid Cendebeus (1

Catholic Bible Dictionary

Judas

JUDAS (Greek form of Judah) The name of several men in the Bible.1. Son of Chalphi. He was a commander in the army of Jonathan Maccabeus (1 Macc 11:70).2. The son of Simon Maccabeus (1 Macc 16:2). He was murdered with his father and brother Mattathias at a banquet at Dok hosted by Ptolemy, the governor

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Judas

Ju´das, the Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah, occurring in the LXX and the New Testament.1. The patriarch Judah. Matt. 1:2, 3.2. A man residing at Damascus, in “the street which is called Straight,” in whose house Saul of Tarsus lodged after his miraculous conversion. Acts 9:11.

Judas

Ju´das, surnamed Barsabas, a leading member of the apostolic church at Jerusalem, Acts 15:22, endued with the gift of prophecy, ver. 32, chosen with Silas to accompany Paul and Barnabas as delegates to the church at Antioch. (a.d. 47.) Later, Judas went back to Jerusalem.