Judasとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Iudas (archaic)
• (common noun): judas

語源

From 中期英語 Iudas, from Latin Iudas, from Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), from Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá). Doublet of Judah.

発音

• IPA: /ˈd͡ʒuːdəs/
• 韻: -uːdəs

固有名詞

Judas

1. (biblical) 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. (biblical, archaic) Alternative form of Jude, the penultimate book of the Bible and its ascribed author, Jude the Apostle (Judas Thaddaeus).
   • 1615, John Ainsworth, The Trying Out of the Truth […] , page 122:

     […] you should as well reject those Deuterocanonici of the new testament as the epistle to the Hebrewes, Judas epistle and the Apocalyps […]

   • 1675, Francis Roberts, Clavis Bibliorum: The Key of the Bible […] , page 573:

     The Catholique (or General) Epistle of the Apostle JUDAS

   • 1778, John James Bachmair, The Revelation of St. John Historically Explained […] , page 11:

     St. Peter writes against those that had the doctrine of Balaam, 2 Pet. ii. 15, 16. St. Judas did the same, Jud. v. 11.

使用する際の注意点

• This name has been borne by Judas Maccabeus and the two apostles Judas Thaddaeus and also Judas Iscariot, because of whom the name is rarely used as a Christian name. The doublet Jude, on the other hand, is tolerably common, as only Judas Thaddaeus is known by that variant.

派生語

名詞

Judas (plural Judases)

1. A traitor; a person not to be trusted.
   • 2023 May 6, Hannah Murphy, “Twitter's co-founder moves against Musk”, in FT Weekend, page 9:

     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.

2. Ellipsis of Judas-hole (“small hole for spying”).
   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 706:

     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.

   • 2001, Ken Follett, Jackdaws, Dutton, →ISBN, page 359:

     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.

間投詞

Judas

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

派生語

固有名詞

Jūdās m sg (genitive Jūdae); first declension

1. alternative form of Iūdās

語形変化

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only.