Kerioth Vs Iscariot, derivation from Hebrew sheker ("false- hood"); 3. e. ” Kerioth was a town in South Judea. However, scholars also debate . Judas betrayed Jesus to the Sanhedrin in the Garden of Gethsemane in exchange for thirty pieces of silver, by kissing him on the cheek and addressing him as "master" to reveal his identity to the crowd who had come to arrest him. Judas Iscariot was, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. "man of Kerioth"; 9. from Latin scortea, meaning the "leather bag" which Judas Meaning of Iscariot in the Bible The name “Iscariot,” derived from the Hebrew “ish qiryot,” meaning “man of The name "Iscariot" most likely means "man from Kerioth," a town in southern Judea. He is sometimes called "the son of Simon," (John 6:71; 13:2,26) but more commonly ISCARIOTES. קרַיּוֹת אַישׁ, man of Kerioth), a surname of Judas the traitor, to distinguish him from The exact locality of Kerioth (compare Josh 15:25) is doubtful, but it lay probably to the South of Judea, being identified with the ruins Iscariot is understood to be equivalent to ish-Kerioth, that is, “man of Kerioth. n3p, jmy, vw, 7bg, ivvv, vhk, qyi, coptm, oe, 4hn5k5,