G2403GreekἸezábel

Ἰεζάβελ

jezabel (i.e., jezebel), a tyrian woman (used as a synonym of a termagant or false teacher)

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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)

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