Jezebel
ἸεζαβήλStrong’s G2403Iezabēl
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Iezabēl is the Greek word usually translated “jezebel”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.”
Meaning
Usually translated “jezebel”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- jezebel 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
Ἰεζαβήλ Iezabēl · Jezebel
Ἰεζάβελ (L, Ἰεζ-; Tr. -βέλ; Rec. -βήλ) ἡ, indecl. (Heb. אִיזֶבֶל; LXX as txt.; FlJ, Ἰεζαβέλη), Jezebel (3Ki.16:31, al.): symbolically, Rev.2:20 (see Swete, in l).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “jezebel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JEZ'EBEL, noun
An impudent, daring, vitious woman.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.