judas iscariot

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   (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver

   SynonymsJudas

   BroaderApostle

   New Testament

Questions about judas iscariot

What does judas iscariot mean?

judas iscariot means "(New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver".

What is another word for judas iscariot?

Close synonyms include Judas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is judas iscariot a common word?

judas iscariot is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.