judas iscariot
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
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.
noun
A betrayer.
Example Sentences
- "—Ah (said he) she’s a Judas Iscariot, and has betrayed me with a kiss[…]"
- "Alf Bergan will speak to the long fellow. We’ll put a barleystraw in that Judas Iscariot’s ear this time."
- "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."
- "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."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Ἰούδας