G2403GreekἸezábel
Ἰεζάβελ
jezabel (i.e., jezebel), a tyrian woman (used as a synonym of a termagant or false teacher)
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Total Occurrences
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Old Testament
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New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1wife of ahab, an impious and cruel queen who protected idolatry and persecuted the prophets
- 2the symbolic name of a woman who pretended to be a prophetess, and who, addicted to antinomianism, claimed christian liberty of eating things sacrificed to idols
Etymology & Derivation
of hebrew origin (h0348)