Bible Names

Iscariot: meaning of the name

Iscariot means “a man of murder; a hireling.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Iscariot in Hebrew and Greek

Ἰσκαριώτης G2469

Iskariṓtēs — inhabitant of Kerioth; Iscariotes (i.e. Keriothite), an epithet of Judas the traitor

of Hebrew origin (probably H0377 and H07149);

Iscariot in Scripture

“Iscariot” appears in 11 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Matthew 10:4

    Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

  • Matthew 26:14

    Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

  • Mark 3:19

    And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house.

  • Mark 14:10

    And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them.

  • Luke 6:16

    And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.

  • Luke 22:3

    Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.

  • John 6:71

    He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

  • John 12:4

    Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,