Judas (Greek: Ιούδας)'s the anglicized Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Yehudah (Hebrew: יְהוּדָה), also rendered in English as Judah. Judah (Biblical figure), a son of the patriarch Jacob and, according to the Bible, ancestor of the Davidic royal line of ancient Israel. All subsequent holders of the name are directly or indirectly named for the Biblical one. While there few others of this name mentioned in later pa… (More on Judas)