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  2. New Testament people named Judas or Jude - Wikipedia

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    He is called Jude the Apostle in English, or 'Judas (not Iscariot)' by John 14:22, in order to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot. [1] [2] The names Judas and Jude, both derived from the Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas), itself derived from the Hebrew name Judah (יהודה, Y e hûdâh, Hebrew for "God is thanked") together appear 36 times in ...

  3. Judas Iscariot - Wikipedia

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    Judas Iscariot (between 1886 and 1894) by James Tissot. The name "Judas" (Ὶούδας) is a Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Judah (יהודה, Y e hûdâh, Hebrew for "praise or praised"), which was an extremely common name for Jewish men during the first century AD, due to the renowned hero Judas Maccabeus.

  4. Jude the Apostle - Wikipedia

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    Jude is clearly distinguished from Judas Iscariot, another apostle and later the betrayer of Jesus. Both Jude and Judas are translations of the name Ὶούδας in the Koine Greek original text of the New Testament, which in turn is a Greek variant of Judah (Y'hudah), a name which was common among Jews at the time. In most Bibles in languages ...

  5. List of major biblical figures - Wikipedia

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    The Bible is a collection of canonical sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity.Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books.

  6. Apostles in the New Testament - Wikipedia

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    Judas Iscariot is always listed last. Unlike the Synoptic Gospels, the Gospel of John does not offer a formal list of apostles. Although it refers to "the Twelve", [ 29 ] the gospel does not present any elaboration of who these twelve actually were, and the author of the Gospel of John does not mention them all by name.

  7. List of names for the biblical nameless - Wikipedia

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    Name: Aclima (or Calmana or Luluwa) source: Golden Legend, [3] which also tells stories about many of the saints Appears in the Bible at: Genesis 4:17 Name: Delbora source: Golden Legend, [3] which also tells stories about many of the saints

  8. Kerioth - Wikipedia

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    Kerioth (Hebrew: קְרִיּוֹת, Qǝrīyyōṯ) is the name of two cities mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. The spelling Kirioth appears in the King James Version of Amos 2:2. [1] The name means "cities," and is the plural of the Biblical Hebrew קריה. A town in the south of Judea (Joshua 15:25).

  9. Akeldama - Wikipedia

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    Akeldama (Aramaic: חקל דמא or 𐡇𐡒𐡋 𐡃𐡌𐡀 Ḥaqel D'ma, "field of blood"; Hebrew: חקל דמא; Arabic: حقل الدم, Ḥaqel Ad-dam) is the Aramaic name for a place in Jerusalem associated with Judas Iscariot, one of the original twelve apostles of Jesus.