KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

Judas
Matthew 26:14-16; Matthew 26:46-50; Mark 14:10-11; Mark 14:43-45; Luke 22:3-6; Luke 22:21-23; Luke 22:47-48; John 13:2; John 13:27-30; John 18:2-8; John 18:13
Treason

TRA'ITOR, noun [Latin traditor; trado, to deliver.]

1. 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.]

2. One who betrays his trust.

TRA'ITORLY, adjective Treacherous. [Not in use.]

TRA'ITOROUS, adjective Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as a traitorous officer or subject.

1. Consisting in treason; partaking of treason; implying breach of allegiance; as a traitorous scheme or conspiracy.

TRA'ITOROUSLY, adverb In violation of allegiance and trust; treacherously; perfidiously.

They had traitorously endeavored to subvert the fundamental laws.

TRA'ITOROUSNESS, noun Treachery; the quality of being treasonable.