Ἰσκαριώτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἰσκαριώθ (Iskariṓth)

Etymology

Of disputed origin, but Hebrew אִישׁ קְרִיֹּות (ʾīš qəriyyōṯ, “man of Kerioth”) is the most traditional derivation. Nonetheless, this interpretation of the name is not fully accepted by all scholars. One of the most popular alternative explanations holds that Iscariot (ܣܟܪܝܘܛܐ, 'Skaryota' in Syriac Aramaic, per the Peshitta text) may be a corruption of the Latin word Latin sicarius, meaning "dagger man", which referred to a member of the Sicarii (Aramaic סיקריים, from Proto-Albanian *tsikā), a group of Jewish rebels who were known for committing acts of terrorism in the 40s and 50s CE by assassinating people in crowds using long knives hidden under their cloaks.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /is.ka.riˈo.tis/ → /is.ka.riˈo.tis/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /is.ka.riˈo.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /is.ka.riˈo.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /is.ka.riˈo.tis/

Proper noun

Ἰσκαριώτης • (Iskariṓtēs) m (genitive Ἰσκαριώτου); first declension

1. Iscariot, a byname of the biblical Judas, one of the apostles of Jesus of Nazareth in the gospels of the Christian Bible.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἰσκαριώτης; τοῦ Ἰσκαριώτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰσκαριώτης ho Iskariṓtēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰσκαριώτου toû Iskariṓtou
Dative	τῷ Ἰσκαριώτῃ tôi Iskariṓtēi
Accusative	τὸν Ἰσκαριώτην tòn Iskariṓtēn
Vocative	Ἰσκαριῶτᾰ Iskariôta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• Ἰσκαριώτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2469 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible