Quick Definition
προδότης, ου, ὁ n.m. a betrayer
Strong's Definition
from 4272 (in the sense of giving forward into another's (the enemy's) hands); a surrender
KJV Usage: betrayer, traitor
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προ-δότης, -ov, ὁ, (προδίδωμι, 2), ¢ a betrayer, traitor: Lk. vi. 16; Acts vii. 52; 2 Tim.iii.4. (From[Aeschyl.], Hdt. down; 2 Mace. ν. 15; 3 Mace. iii. 24.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προδότης prodotēs 3x
a betrayer, traitor, Lk. 6:16; Acts 7:52; 2 Tim. 3:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** προ-δότης, -ου, ὁ
(προδίδωμι), [in LXX: II Mac 5:15 10:13, 22, III Mac 3:24*;]
a betrayer, traitor: Lk 6:16, Ac 7:52, II Ti 3:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προδότης, “‘traitor,’’ “treacherous.” In 2444 p. 217 Deissmann quotes from BCH xxiii. (1899), p. 274, an imprecation, not later than vi/A.D., on anyone who shall open the tomb of a Christian deaconess at Delphi—éxot τ]ὴν μερίδα τοῦ Elov8a τοῦ [προδότου] τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν ᾿Ι[ησοῦ ΧριστΊ]οῦ, “*may he have the portion of Judas, the betrayer of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Cf. also Aristeas 270 ὃς γὰρ ἐπὶ τὸ πλεονεκτεῖν ὁρμᾶται, προδότης πέφυκε, “for the man who is bent on advancing his own interests is a born traitor ” (Thackeray).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προδότης (prodotēs) — traitor. προ-δότης, ου, Doric dialect -ας, ὁ, betrayer, traitor, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. πατρός, πατρίδος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. τῶν ὅρκων traitor to his oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. one who abandons in danger, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. as adjective, irregular comparative -ίστερον[Refs 9th c.AD+]