(New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
"When our harvest failed, we prayed to Jude, hoping he would intercede as an apostle known for saving those in desperate situations."
a New Testament book attributed to Saint Jude
"The congregation was reading from Jude, the brief epistle warning against false teachers."
The penultimate book of the New Testament of the Bible.
"The Gospel of Jude is considered the shortest and most controversial book in the entire New Testament."
Jude is a short form of Judas that originally distinguished the Apostle Judas Thaddaeus from the more famous Judas Iscariot. The name traces back to the Hebrew word for Judah, which means "praised."