JUDAS ISCARIOT

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• JUDAS ISCARIOT (noun)
  The noun JUDAS ISCARIOT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: JUDAS ISCARIOT used as a noun is very rare.

• JUDAS ISCARIOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Judas; Judas Iscariot

Instance hypernyms:

Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)

Domain category:

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)

 Context examples 

I had forgot the pasty, and it will be as scorched as Judas Iscariot!

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)