Traitor
προδότηςStrong’s G4273prodotēs
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Prodotēs is the Greek word usually translated “betrayer”, “betrayers” and “treacherous”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.”
Meaning
Usually translated “betrayer”, “betrayers” and “treacherous”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- betrayer 1
- betrayers 1
- treacherous 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- 2 Timothy 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
προδότης prodotēs · traitor
προ-δότης, -ου, ὁ (προδίδωμι) [in LXX: 2Ma.5:15 2Mac 10:13 2Mac 10:22, 3Ma.3:24 * ;] a betrayer, traitor: Luk.6:16, Act.7:52, 2Ti.3:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “traitor” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRA'ITOR, noun
[Latin traditor; trado, to deliver.]
- One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to its enemy, or any fort or place entrusted to his defense, or who surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; or one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. [See Treason.]
- One who betrays his trust.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.