Jezebel
11Jezebel — A substitute name used fairly frequently as a vocative in former times. Most people today would probably still know that to call a woman ‘Jezebel’ would be to accuse her of wickedness and abandonment, though they might not have read her story… …
12Jezebel — ,JEZEBELIAN, JEHU The adjective form Jezebelian characterizes a woman who is wicked and shameless. Jezebel was a Phoenician princess who became the wife of Ahab, king of Israel, and attempted to convert Ahab to worship Baal, the god of the… …
13Jezebel — a prostitute She was the flighty wife of Ahab in the Old Testament: But that s... She was about to say a mortal sin but desisted. It makes me a Jezebel, doesn t it? (Read, 1986) Until quite recent times, a young woman might be termed …
14Jezebel — noun /ˈdʒɛzəˌbɛl/ a) The Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings). She incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to paganism. Jezebel was finally deposed by Jehu, who… …
15Jezebel — Chaste, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of the Zidonians, and the wife of Ahab, the king of Israel (1 Kings 16:31). This was the first time that a king of Israel had allied himself by marriage with a heathen princess; and the alliance was in …
16Jezebel — [ dʒɛzəbɛl] noun a shameless or immoral woman. Origin C16: Jezebel, wife of Ahab in the Bible …
17jezebel — /ˈdʒɛzəbɛl/ (say jezuhbel) noun a shameless, abandoned woman. {from Jezebel} …
18Jezebel — n. a shameless or immoral woman. Etymology: Jezebel, wife of Ahab in the Old Testament (1 Kings 16, 19, 21) …
19jezebel — n. a shameless or immoral woman. Etymology: Jezebel, wife of Ahab in the Old Testament (1 Kings 16, 19, 21) …
20Jezebel (Bible) — Jezebel (, a prophecy is uttered against a prophetess in the church of Thyatira named Jezebel. She is accused of inducing members of the church there to commit acts of sexual immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols. [John McKenzie,… …
