Jude

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Jude
       n 1: (New Testament) supposed brother of St James; one of the
            Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems
            hopeless [syn: {Saint Jude}, {St. Jude}, {Judas}, {Thaddaeus}]
       2: a New Testament book attributed to Saint Jude [syn: {Epistle
          of Jude}]



From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jude
     = Judas. Among the apostles there were two who bore this name,
     (1) Judas (Jude 1:1; Matt. 13:55; John 14:22; Acts 1:13), called
     also Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18); and (2)
     Judas Iscariot (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:19). He who is called "the
     brother of James" (Luke 6:16), may be the same with the Judas
     surnamed Lebbaeus. The only thing recorded regarding him is in
     John 14:22.