HOW TO PRONOUNCE
iscariot
/ˌɪˈskɛɹiət/
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What does iscariot mean?
noun
- A traitor.
proper noun
- Epithet of Judas Iscariot, 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, and of his father Simon Iscariot.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɪˈskɛɹiət/
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In that glory none are worthy to glory, except the race of Iscariot, the children of perdition.
But he transfigured his likeness into Judas Iscariot, and him crucified the Jews, and weened that it had been Jesus.
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Eustacia was always anxious to avoid the sight of her husband in such a state as this, which had become as dreadful to her as the trial scene was to Judas Iscariot.
I cannot but think that Judas Iscariot has been of great service to the world as a sort of buffer for moral indignation which might have made a collision nearer home but for his utilized treachery.
I think the most popular and most crowded sight (excepting those of Easter Sunday and Monday, which are open to all classes of people) was the Pope washing the feet of Thirteen men, representing the twelve apostles, and Judas Iscariot.