redbud
Webster Dictionary
a small ornamental leguminous tree of the American species of the genus Cercis. See judas tree, under judas
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ii maccabees
(II Maccabees, 2 Maccabees)
Princeton's WordNet
an Apocryphal book describing the life of judas Maccabaeus
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i maccabees
(I Maccabees, 1 Maccabees)
Princeton's WordNet
an Apocryphal book describing the life of judas Maccabaeus
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1 maccabees
(I Maccabees, 1 Maccabees)
Princeton's WordNet
an Apocryphal book describing the life of judas Maccabaeus
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2 maccabees
(II Maccabees, 2 Maccabees)
Princeton's WordNet
an Apocryphal book describing the life of judas Maccabaeus
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judas-colored
Webster Dictionary
red; -- from a tradition that judas Iscariot had red hair and beard
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maccabean
(ˌmæk əˈbi ən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
of or pertaining to the Maccabees or to judas Maccabaeus.
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iscariot
(ɪˈskær i ət)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the surname of judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
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jude
(ʒud)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the author of this book, sometimes identified with judas, the brother of James.
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judas
(ˈdʒu dəs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Mark 3:19.
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judas
(ˈdʒu dəs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(usu. l.c.) Also called judas hole. a peephole, as in the door of a prison cell.
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aceldama
(əˈsɛl də mə, əˈkɛl-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the place near Jerusalem purchased with the bribe judas took for betraying Jesus. Acts 1:18, 19.
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matthias
(əˈθaɪ əs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a disciple chosen to take the place of judas Iscariot as one of the apostles. Acts 1:23–26.
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redbud
(redbud, Cercis canadensis)
Princeton's WordNet
small shrubby tree of eastern North America similar to the judas tree having usually pink flowers; found in damp sheltered underwood
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maccabean
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to judas Maccabeus or to the Maccabees; as, the Maccabean princes; Maccabean times
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aceldama
Webster Dictionary
the potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed
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possible
Webster Dictionary
capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -- sometimes used to express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that judas meant no wrong
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maccabaeus
(ˌmæk əˈbi əs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Judas or Judah (“the Hammer”), died 160 b.c. , Judean patriot.
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uckewallist
Webster Dictionary
one of a sect of rigid Anabaptists, which originated in 1637, and whose tenets were essentially the same as those of the Mennonists. In addition, however, they held that judas and the murderers of Christ were saved. So called from the founder of the sect, Ucke Wallis, a native of Friesland
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judas tree
(ˈdʒu dəs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a purple-flowered Eurasian tree, Cercis siliquastrum, of the legume family, supposed to be the kind of tree upon which judas hanged himself.
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maccabees
(ˈmæk əˌbiz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(used with a plural v.) a priestly Jewish family who ruled Judea in the 1st and 2nd centuries b.c. , esp. judas Maccabaeus and his brothers, who defeated the Syrians in 165? and rededicated the Temple.
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mattathias
(ˌmæt əˈθaɪ əs)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
died 167? b .c ., Jewish priest in Judea (father of judas Maccabaeus).
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