Iscariot

Iscariot
Iscariotic /i skar'ee ot"ik/, Iscariotical, adj.Iscariotism, n.
/i skar"ee euht/, n.
1. the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.
2. a person who betrays another; traitor.
[ < L Iscariota < Gk Iskariótes < Heb ish-qariyoth man of Kerioth a village in Palestine]

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