Judas
Treacherous disciple figure
Judas Iscariot was the apostle who betrayed Jesus Christ to the authorities, making his name synonymous with treachery.
The name appears in exclamations of shock or dismay: Judas Priest! —a minced oath substituting for Jesus Christ.
Judas also serves as a rare given name, though its associations make it unpopular. (Lowercase judas means a traitor or a peephole.)
The one who betrayed
- GospelChristian salvation teaching
- JesusChristian faith's divine son
- ChristThe anointed savior
- PassionPowerful consuming emotion
Last Supper · Gethsemane · Sanhedrin · Caiaphas · Messiah · prophecy · New Testament · crucifixion
Committed follower of teaching
- IscariotThe one who betrayed
- twelveOne more than eleven
- PeterMale name, means rock
- JohnCommon male name
Matthew · Thomas · James · Philip · Bartholomew · Simon · Thaddeus · Andrew
Deliberate violation of trust
- kissTouch with lips
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- thirty piecesPayment for treachery
Gethsemane · garden · identified · signal · conspiracy · collusion · breach of trust
Original model for copies
- bywordEpitome or catchphrase
- epithetDescriptive tag for someone
- notoriousFamous for negativity
- disgraceLoss of honor
villain · pariah · cursed · damned · reviled · hated · despised · stigma
Moral self-reproach
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- regretSorrow over past actions
- hangingExecution by noose
- suicideVoluntary death by oneself
confession · despair · shame · self-destruction · anguish · contrition · damnation · tragic end
Payment tied to death
- bribeIllicit payment for favor
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- coinsMetal money units
- thirty piecesPayment for treachery
price · transaction · reward · purse · shekels · greed · sold out
Forceful sudden utterance
Iscariot
The one who betrayed
Passion · Last Supper · Gethsemane · Sanhedrin · Caiaphas · Messiah · prophecy · New Testament · crucifixion · scripture
disciple
Committed follower of teaching
John · Matthew · Thomas · James · Philip · Bartholomew · Simon · Thaddeus · Andrew · Matthias
treachery
Deliberate violation of trust
thirty pieces · Gethsemane · garden · identified · signal · conspiracy · collusion · breach of trust
archetype
Original model for copies
disgrace · villain · pariah · cursed · damned · reviled · hated · despised · stigma · treachery
guilt
Moral self-reproach
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
- regretSorrow over past actions
- hangingExecution by noose
suicide · confession · despair · shame · self-destruction · anguish · contrition · damnation · tragic end · sorrow
blood money
Payment tied to death
thirty pieces · price · transaction · reward · purse · shekels · greed · sold out
given name
Personal name from birth
exclamation
Forceful sudden utterance
- Bible FiguresAbraham, Moses, David, Paul, Peter
- Jesus ChristChristology, crucifixion, nativity, resurrection, ascension
- Biblical FiguresJesus, Adam, Eve, Moses, Noah
- Nouveau TestamentMarc, Paul, Pierre, Jacques, Philemon
- Biblical VillainsSatan, Cain, Herod, Goliath, Delilah
- Divine Comedy charactersDante, Beatrice, Virgil, Francesca, Paolo
Judasloyalist
Faithful supporter of authority
stalwart · faithful servant · true believer · patriot · ride-or-die
JudasPeter
Male name, means rock
Saint Peter · Mary Magdalene · Paul · martyr · saint
JudasHoratio
Classical male name
Samwise Gamgee · loyal retainer · man of honor · Sancho Panza · Jonathan
- Hey JudeEncouraging ballad from 1968
- St. JudePatron of lost causes
- Saint JudePatron of desperate situations
- Judas kissBetrayal masked as affection
- Jude Law
- Lion of JudahMessianic emblem from scripture