Strong's #2333: Theudas (pronounced thyoo-das')

of uncertain origin; Theudas, an Israelite:--Theudas.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Theudas

Theudas = "God-given"

1) the name of an insurgent mentioned in Gamaliel' s speech before the Jewish council, Acts 5:35-39, at the time of the arraignment of the apostles. He appeared, according to Luke' s account, at the head of about four hundred men. He was probably one of the insurrectionary chiefs or fanatics by whom the land was overrun in the last year of Herod' s reign. Josephus speaks of a Theudas who played a similar part at the time of Claudius, about A.D. 44; but the Theudas mentioned by Luke must be a different person from the one spoken of by Josephus.

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: of uncertain origin

Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

 

Acts 5:36: "these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody;"