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Iscariot

The name of that disciple who betrayed our Saviour. He was so called, probably, as belonging to Karioth, or Cerioth; Iscariot is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “a man of murder; a hireling.” This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
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  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G2469
Hebrew
קִרְיָא · qiryâʼ
Greek
Ἰσκαριώτης, Ἰσκαριώθ · Iskariōtēs, Iskariōth
Name meaning
a man of murder; a hireling According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

Ἰσκαριώτης, Ἰσκαριώθ

G2469
Transliteration
Iskariōtēs, Iskariōth
Language
Greek
Part of speech
N:N-M-P
Indexed occurrences
11

Glosses

Iscariot

Lexicon definition

ἰσκαριώθ, ὁ indecl. (Mrk.3:19 14:10, Luk.6:16, elsewhere -ιώτης; V. infr.) and Ἰσκαριώτης, -ου (Heb. prob. קִרְיָא אִישׁ; see Swete, Mk., 319), Iscariot: surname of Judas, ll. with supr., also Mat.10:4 26:14, Mrk.14:43 (WH, R, omit), Luk.22:3, Jhn.12:4 13:2 14:22; of his father Simon, Jhn.6:71 13:26.† (AS)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

Ἰσκαριώτης

G2469
Transliteration
Iskariṓtēs
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
11

Glosses

Iscariot

Lexicon definition

inhabitant of Kerioth

Iscariotes (i.e. Keriothite), an epithet of Judas the traitor

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

אִישׁ

H0376
Transliteration
ʼîysh
Pronunciation
eesh
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2,187

Glosses

also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802 (אִשָּׁה).

Lexicon definition

a man as an individual or a male person

often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

אִישׁ

H0377
Transliteration
ʼîysh
Pronunciation
eesh
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

show (one) self a man.

Lexicon definition

to be a man, i.e. act in amanly way

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Iscariot

a man of murder; a hireling

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A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

ISCARIOT

the name of that disciple who betrayed our Saviour. He was so called, probably, as belonging to Karioth, or Cerioth; that is, a man of Kerioth, Matt. x, 4.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Iscariot

Indexed occurrences: 11

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Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

ISCARIOT

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for ISCARIOT.

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Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Iscariot

Meaning:
a man of murder; a hireling

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ISCARIOT

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Galilean

An inhabitant or native of Galilee. This word was used as a name of contempt as applied to our Lord's disciples (Luke 22:59; Acts 2:7). All the apostles, with the exception of Judas Iscariot (Acts 1:11), were Galileans. Peter was detected by his Galilean accent (Matt. 26:69; Mark 14:70). This was also one of the names of reproach given to the early Christians. Julian the Apostate, as he is called, not only used the epithet himself when referring to Christ and his apostles, but he made it a law that no one should ever call the Christians by any other name.

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Iscariot

a man of murder; a hireling

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Jude

= Judas. Among the apostles there were two who bore this name, (1) Judas (Jude 1:1; Matt. 13:55; John 14:22; Acts 1:13), called also Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus (Matt. 10:3; Mark 3:18); and (2) Judas Iscariot (Matt. 10:4; Mark 3:19). He who is called "the brother of James" (Luke 6:16), may be the same with the Judas surnamed Lebbaeus. The only thing recorded regarding him is in John 14:22.

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Thaddaeus

Breast, the name of one of the apostles (Mark 3:18), called "Lebbaeus" in Matt. 10:3, and in Luke 6:16, "Judas the brother of James;" while John (14:22), probably referring to the same person, speaks of "Judas, not Iscariot." These different names all designate the same person, viz., Jude or Judas, the author of the epistle.

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