Ἰσκαριώθ

Ἰσκαριώθ indecl. (Mk 3:19; 14:10; Lk 6:16; 22:47 D), and Ἰσκαριώτης, ου, ὁ (so all other passages and always t.r.; D mostly Σκαριώθ, Σκαριώτης, q.v. On the suffix YArbeitmann, JBL 99, ’80, 122–24) Iscariot, surname of Judas the informer, as well as of his father (s. Ἰούδας 6). The mng. of the word is obscure; s. Wlh. on Mk 3:19; Dalman, Jesus 26 (Eng. tr. 51f). It is usu. taken to refer to the place of his origin, from Kerioth (in southern Judea; Buhl 182) אִישׁ קְרִיּוֹת (agreeing w. this we have the v.l. ἀπὸ Καρυώτου J 6:71; 12:4 D; 13:2 D, 26 D; 14:22 D). Another interpr. connects it w. σικάριος (q.v.), ‘assassin, bandit’ (among others FSchulthess, D. Problem der Sprache Jesu 1917, 41; 55, ZNW 21, 1922, 250ff). S. also CTorrey, HTR 36, ’43, 51–62 (‘false one’). Mt 10:4; 26:14; Mk 14:43 v.l.; Lk 22:3; J 6:71; 12:4; 13:2, 26; 14:22; GEb 34, 61.—HIngholt, Iscariot: JPedersen Festschr. ’53; BGärtner, D. rätselhafte Termini Nazaräer u. Iskarioth ’57, 37–68; OCullmann, RHPR 42, ’62, 133–40; KLüthi, J. Isk. in d. Geschichte der Auslegung (Reformation to present) ’55.—M-M.