Ἰούδας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἰουδᾱ́ (Ioudā́)

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (Yəhūḏā́) and -ς (-s, “declension suffix”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iˈu.ðas/ → /iˈu.ðas/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈu.ðas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈu.ðas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈu.ðas/

Proper noun

Ἰούδᾱς • (Ioúdās) m (genitive Ἰούδᾱ); first declension

1. Judah, one of the Hebrew patriarchs
2. Judah, a tribe of Israel (and its proprietary land)
3. Judas
4. Jude

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἰούδᾱς; τοῦ Ἰούδᾱ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰούδᾱς ho Ioúdās
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰούδᾱ toû Ioúdā
Dative	τῷ Ἰούδᾳ tôi Ioúdāi
Accusative	τὸν Ἰούδᾱν tòn Ioúdān
Vocative	Ἰούδᾱ Ioúdā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: Յուդա (Yuda), Յուդայ (Yuday), Յուդաս (Yudas)
  • Armenian: Հուդա (Huda)
• → Latin: Iūdās, Jūdās
  • → Catalan: Judes
  • Italian: Giuda
  • → Middle English: Iudas
    • English: Judas, Jude

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2455 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible