Judas Iscariot en · NOUN
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἰούδας (Ioúdas) Ἰσκαριώτης (Iskariṓtēs)/ Ἰσκαριώθ (Iskariṓth); the original Hebrew or Aramaic term is unknown and the subject of much debate. For more information, see Judas Iscariot § Name and background.
Meanings
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A betrayer.
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.
2005, Eugene Montague MacDonald, A Short History of the Inquisition: What It Was and What It Did, page 254:Alf Bergan will speak to the long fellow. We’ll put a barleystraw in that Judas Iscariot’s ear this time.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[11]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC: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.
1969, parliamentary debates:—Ah (said he) she’s a Judas Iscariot, and has betrayed me with a kiss[…]
1771, [Tobias Smollett], The Expedition of Humphry Clinker […], volume II, London: […] W. Johnston, […]; and B. Collins, […], →OCLC, page 209:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judas the Iscariot | alternative | lexicographic | |
| Judas Iscariots | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
cs jidáš (betrayer) · el Ιούδας (betrayer) · es Judas (betrayer) · sk judáš (betrayer)