KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,”
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| KJV Verse | Original Greek | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Greek word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Greek word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Then” | Τότε | The when, i.e., at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution) | Then |
| “one” | εἷς | One | one |
| “of” | δώδεκα | Two and ten, i.e., a dozen | of |
| “the” | τῶν | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “twelve,” | δώδεκα | Two and ten, i.e., a dozen | twelve |
| “called” | λεγόμενος | Properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean | called |
| “Judas” | Ἰούδας | Judas (i.e., Jehudah), the name of ten Israelites; also of the posterity of one of them and its region | Judas |
| “Iscariot,” | Ἰσκαριώτης | Inhabitant of Kerioth; Iscariotes (i.e., Keriothite), an epithet of Judas the traitor | Iscariot |
| “went” | πορευθεὶς | To traverse, i.e., travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively, die), live, etc.) | went |
| “unto” | πρὸς | A preposition of direction; forward to, i.e., toward (with the genitive case, the side of, i.e., pertaining to; with the dative case, by the side of, i.e., near to; usually with the accusative case, the place, time, occasion, or respect, which is the destination of the relation, i.e., whither or for which it is predicated) | unto |
| “the” | τοὺς | The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) | the |
| “chief priests,” | ἀρχιερεῖς | The high-priest (literally, of the Jews; typically, Christ); by extension a chief priest | chief priests |
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14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
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