Where does “Iscariot” come from?
Iscariot derives from Ancient Greek Ἰσκαριώτης, from Hebrew איש־קריות, literally meaning "man of Kerioth," a place name whose exact significance remains unclear.
Iscariot (English): A traitor
Definitions
- A traitor
Ancestry of “Iscariot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | Ἰσκαριώτης | Iscariot, a byname of the biblical Judas, one of the apostles of Jesus of Nazareth in the gospels of the Christian Bible |
| 2 | Latin | sīcārius | assassin, contract killer, murderer |
| 3 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |