Iscariot

[ ih-skar-ee-uh t ]

/ ɪˈskær i ət /

the surname of Judas, the betrayer of Jesus. Mark 3:19; 14:10, 11.

a person who betrays another; traitor.

Origin of Iscariot

< Latin Iscariōta < Greek Iskariṓtēs < Hebrew īsh-qərīyōth man of Kerioth a village in Palestine

Is·car·i·ot·ic

[ih-skar-ee-ot-ik] /ɪˌskær iˈɒt ɪk/, Is·car·i·ot·i·cal, adjective Is·car·i·ot·ism, noun

And suddenly, as clearly as his terrible victory, Iscariot saw its ominous precariousness.

The Crushed Flower and Other Stories |Leonid Andreyev
The wine jars were soon emptied, and I was ordered by Iscariot to refill them in the cellar.

Told by the Death's Head |Mr Jkai
Nothing is more treacherous than the human mind; nothing else so loves to play the Iscariot.

Penrod |Booth Tarkington
Weighborne and maybe his wife as well, whom I had already grossly insulted, would hear the reading of my Iscariot betrayal.

The Portal of Dreams |Charles Neville Buck

Till the fugitive slave law was passed, we did not know what a great saint Iscariot was.

Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) |Theodore Parker

Iscariot

/ (ɪˈskærɪət) /

See Judas (def. 1)