Judas Iscariot

English Alternative forms en Judas the Iscariot Etymology From en grc Ἰούδας grc Ἰσκαριώτης/ grc Ἰσκαριώθ; the original Hebrew or Aramaic term is unknown and the subject of much debate. For more information, see Judas Iscariot#Name_and_background Judas Iscariot § Name and background. Proper noun en biblical character One of the twelve disciples of Jesus in the New Testament, who betrayed Jesus into the hands of the chief priests for 30 pieces of silver. Translations disciple of Jesus Arabic: ar يَهُوذَا الاسْخَرْيُوطِيّ m Cherokee: chr ᏧᏓᏏ ᎢᏍᎦᎳᏗ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 加略人猶大 gaa1 loek6 jan4 jau4 daai6 Mandarin: cmn 加略人猶大 Jiālüèrén Yóudà Czech: cs Jidáš Iškariotský Finnish: fi Juudas Iskariot French: fr Judas Iscariote m German: de Judas Ischariot Greek: el Ιούδας ο Ισκαριώτης m, el Ιούδας Ισκαριώτης Ancient Greek: grc Ἰούδας Ἰσκαριώτης m Hindi: hi यहूदा इस्करियोती m Irish: ga Iúdás Isceiriót m Italian: it Giuda Iscariota m Lithuanian: lt Jùdas Iskarijõtas Polish: pl Judasz Iskariota m Portuguese: pt Judas Iscariotes m Russian: ru Иуда Искариот Scottish Gaelic: gd Iùdas Iscariot m Slovak: sk Judáš Iškariotský Somali: so Yuudas Iskariyod Spanish: es Judas Iscariote m Tigrinya: ti ይሁዳ ኣስቆሮታዊ Urdu: ur یہوداہ اسکریوتی m yahūdā iskariyotī Vietnamese: vi Giuđa Ítcariốt Noun A betrayer. II 209 —Ah (said he) she’s a Judas Iscariot, and has betrayed me with a kiss 11 Alf Bergan will speak to the long fellow. We’ll put a barleystraw in that Judas Iscariot’s ear this time. en 1969 It was far more generous treatment than they deserved, because, to speak frankly and strongly, these men had been the industrial Judas Iscariots to the rest of the working classes and to the working-class movement. en 2005 Eugene Montague MacDonald A Short History of the Inquisition: What It Was and What It Did 254 But among these disciples there was a Judas Iscariot in the person of an ignorant and narrow-minded fanatic named De Francon, who played the same part in the martyrdom of Vanini as Mocenigo in the destruction of Bruno. Translations betrayer Czech: cs jidáš Greek: el Ιούδας m Slovak: sk judáš Spanish: es Judas m Further reading en eponyms