Jūdas, ae, or Iūda, indecl. m., = Ἰούδας.
I Judah, son of Jacob and patriarch of one of the tribes of Israel : istae sunt familiae Juda, Vulg. Num. 1, 26: dixit Judas fratribus suis, id. Gen. 37, 26.—
B Transf., the tribe of Judah, descendants of Judah : in diebus illis salvabitur Juda, Vulg. Jer. 23, 6.—Of the land inhabited by the tribe, Vulg. Judic. 10, 9 al.—
II Jude or Judas, one of Christ's apostles , Vulg. Jud. 1, 1; id. Matt. 13, 55.—
III Judas Iscariot , Sedul. Carm. 5, 38; Vulg. Matt. 10, 4; Juvenc. 4, 428.—
IV Judas Machabaeus , Vulg. Macc. 2, 4 et saep.