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Iscariot = "men of Kerioth"
derivation:
of Hebrew origin probably (0377) and (07149)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=2469&version=kjv
(0377)
1] (Hithpalel) to be a man, show masculinity, champion, great man
derivation:
denominative from (376)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=377&version=kjv
(376)
1] disabled in the limbs, maimed, crippled injured in, or bereft of, some member
of the body
derivation:
from (303) (in the sense of intensity) and peros (maimed)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=376&version=kjv (303)
1] into the midst, in the midst, amidst, among, between
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=303&version=kjv (07149)
1] city
derivation:
corresponding to (07151)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=7149&version=kjv
(07151)
1] city, town
1.a] in general
1.b] in specific
1.c] collective
1.d] indefinite
derivation:
from (07136) in the sense of flooring, i.e. building
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=7151&version=kjv
(07136)
1] to encounter, meet, befall, happen, come to meet
1.a] (Qal)
1.a.1] to encounter, meet
1.a.2] to befall
1.b] (Niphal)
1.b.1] to encounter, meet (without
pre-arrangement)
1.b.2] to chance to be present
1.b.3] to come to meet
1.c] (Hiphil) to cause to meet, appoint
2] to build with beams
2.a] (Piel) to lay the beams of, furnish with beams
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=7136&version=kjv
Additional information:
The meaning of Kerioth is "cities".
The name of two biblical places:
1.A town in the south of Judah (Josh.
15:25). Judas the traitor was probably a native of this place, and hence his
name Iscariot. It has been identified with the ruins of el-Kureitein, about 10
miles south of Hebron.
2. A city of Moab (Jer. 48:24,
41), called Kirioth (Amos
2:2).
Additional acknowledgement:
The additional information was adapted from
http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/kerioth.html
Comment:
The widespread belief that Judas Iscariot was from a city named "Kirioth" is not
correct because the city named "Kirioth" was in Judah, not in Galilee which is
where all of the Apostles of Jesus-Holy Ghost were from. The fact that all of
the Apostles were from Galilee was shown in the testimony in paragraph 124-e
which reads, "And after, they that stood by
said to Peter, Surely thou art also one of them with him, thou art a Galilaean for thy
speech." One of the implications of this testimony is that it was
known to the palace guards (they that stood by) that all of the Apostles of Jesus-Holy
Ghost were Galilaeans, that is, from Galilee, as was Jesus, he having been born
in Nazareth which was in Galilee. So this apparent fact rules out the
possibility that, in this instance, the word "Iscariot" means either "cities" in
general or the city named "Kirioth" in particular. The latter
possibility in particular is
ruled out because the city of Kirioth was not in Galilee. These two
possibilities having been ruled out, another possibility must be found. Another
possibility is suggested by the fact that when Jesus-Holy Ghost and his-His
Apostles left the house of Simon the leper and went out into the Garden of
Gethsemane (as reported in paragraph 120), Jesus-Holy
Ghost separated the Apostles into two groups. One group consisted of Peter,
James and John. The other group consisted of the other nine Apostles, including
Judas Iscariot. Although this occasion was not the first time that Jesus-Holy
Ghost had shown his-His favoritism for Peter, James and John, the question
nevertheless remains: why did Jesus-Holy Ghost again display his-His favoritism
for them on this particular occasion? The fact that Jesus-Holy Ghost had said
(in paragraphs 115 and 117) that all
of them would betray him-Him to the general extent of running away, and that two of them would betray
him-Him to further particular extents (in paragraphs 115 and
117), and that one of those two in particular was Peter,
leaves the other particular Apostle unspecified until paragraph
121. The fact that the other particular Apostle was
unspecified until paragraph 121, which was after Jesus-Holy Ghost had separated
his-His Apostles into two groups (one group being his-His favorites: Peter,
James and John, and the other group being the other nine Apostles) shows the
possibility that the reason for his-His separation of them on this particular
occasion was to indicate to Satan that he (Satan) should select the Apostle, who
would betray him-Him to the extent of betraying him-Him to the chief priests,
from the group of nine Apostles, not from the group of his-His favorite three
Apostles. The fact, that Satan selected one Apostle from the group of nine
(instead of from the group of three), shows that Satan apparently followed this
subtle indication. The basis of Satan's selection among the nine was
apparently random, that is, by chance. The basis was apparently that of random
chance because no other basis was mentioned or implied. Peter apparently understood
that chance was the basis of the selection, except that he, James and John
had been exempted from the selection. Peter showed this to be his understanding
about the selection when he showed no hesitation to sit by the fire inside the
palace of the high priest (as reported in paragraph 124)
although Peter knew that Judas Iscariot was also inside, Judas Iscariot being
among them who "took
Jesus and led him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, and the scribes and the
elders." If Peter understood the basis for the selection of
Judas Iscariot, then he (Peter) either later explained it to the other remaining
Apostles, or they figured it out by themselves, or both. However that may have
been, it seems clear that the "Iscariot" part of the name "Judas Iscariot" was
applied to Judas after the fact of his betrayal of Jesus-Holy Ghost to the high
priests, et al. This seems clear because the first meaning of the root of the
word (07136) has the idea of a chance encounter, in this instance, a
chance encounter with Satan; and this furthermore seems clear because the word
"Iscariot" cannot mean "the city of Kirioth" in this particular instance because
Judas Iscariot was an Apostle, and all of the Apostles were from Galilee which
does not include the city of Kirioth. It is nevertheless true that the mention
of the word "cities" in paragraph 027-a is an allusion
to the word "Iscariot" and thereby implies that the reason that Jesus came forth
from Galilee and the reason that the Holy Ghost came forth from heaven at the
baptism of Jesus, as reported in paragraph 009, was to be
betrayed by an Apostle (selected by random chance, as indicated by the surname
"Iscariot") to the chief priests, et al.
The apparent fact, that the chance selection was merely from nine Apostles instead of
from twelve, merely diminishes the randomness of the selection instead of
completely removing the randomness of the selection. As to whether it is
probable, or even possible, that the surname "Iscariot" was retroactively
applied to Judas, paragraph 026-c shows that it is
not merely a possibility or a probability, it is neigh on to a certainty, the
name "Peter" having been applied to Simon Peter at merely the second mention of
him, before he was even so much as a follower of Jesus, let alone an Apostle.
Further Additional information:
"This is where a little bit of Hebrew comes in handy (being Israeli, it's more
than a little). The Hebrew for Judas Iscariot is Yehuda Ish Krayot. Ish meaning
a man, in this context implies someone from Krayot, plural for Kirya, meaning
town. Today a number of towns near Haifa are collectively known as the Krayot. I
don't know where Yehuda hailed from, but he seems to have been from an area
known as 'the towns,' and people then would have known the location." This is a
quote of a comment which appears on
http://www.unknowncountry.com/diary/?id=224
A map of the modern location of Haifa is shown here,
on a map of ancient Galilee. This enable a person to see that the location of
modern Haifa was in ancient Galilee.
A link to each occurrence of this word in the homepage:
1] Iscariot
2] Iscariot
3] Iscariot
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