Ἰούδας Ἰσκαριώτης
Judas (i.e. Jehudah), the name of ten Israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region · inhabitant of Kerioth; Iscariotes (i.e. Keriothite), an epithet of Judas the traitor
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Ἰούδας G2455 Judas (i.e. Jehudah), the name of ten Israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region
Ἰσκαριώτης G2469 inhabitant of Kerioth; Iscariotes (i.e. Keriothite), an epithet of Judas the traitor
What does Ἰούδας Ἰσκαριώτης (Ioudas Iskariotes) mean in the Bible?
Ἰούδας · Ἰσκαριώτης is a Greek word meaning "Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus".
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