GREEK · G1057
Γαλιλαῖος
Galilaios — Galilean
Γαλιλαῖος, -αία, -αῖον, Galilæan: Mat.26:69, Mrk.14:70, Luk.13:1, 2 22:59, 23:6, Jhn.4:45, Act.1:11 2:7 5:37.† (AS)
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Galilean
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GREEK · G2455
Ἰούδας
Ioudas — Judas
Ἰούδας, -α dative -ᾳ, accusative -αν (so in LXX, and also rarely, Ἰουδά, indecl.; cf. Thack., Gr., 163) (Heb. יְהוּדָה) 1. Judah, son of Jacob: Mat.1:2-3, Luk.3:33; φυλή Ἰ., Rev.5:5 7:5; by meton., of the tribe, Heb.7:14; of its confines, γῆ Ἰ., Mat.2:6;πόλις Ἰ., Luk.1:39. 2. Judah (unknown): Luk.3:30. 3. Judas Iscariot (see: Ἰσκαριώτης): Mat.10:4, Mrk.3:19, Luk.6:16, Jhn.6:71 13:2, al. 4. Judas, the Lord's brother (see: ἀδελφός): Mat.13:55, Mrk.6:3 (prob.), Ju 1. 5. Judas the Apostle, son of James (see: Θαδδαῖος): Luk.6:16, Jhn.14:22, Act.1:13. 6. Judas, of Damascus: Act.9:11. 7. Judas, surnamed Βαρσαββᾶς (which see): Act.15:22, 27 15:32. 8. Judas the Galilean: Act.5:37 Ἰωδά (Rec. Ἰούδα) Joda: Luk.3:26.† (AS)
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An inhabitant or native of Galilee. This word was used as a name of contempt as applied to our Lord’s disciples (Luke 22:59; Acts 2:7). All the apostles, with the exception of Judas Iscariot (Acts 1:11), were Galileans. Peter was detected by his Galilean accent (Matt. 26:69; Mark 14:70). This was also one of the names of reproach given to the early Christians. Julian the Apostate, as he is called, not only used the epithet himself when referring to Christ and his apostles, but he made it a law that no one should ever call the Christians by any other name.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.