1. Jezebel (proper name, queen of Israel) — Proper feminine name referring to Jezebel (אִיזֶבֶל), the Phoenician princess who became queen of Israel as wife of Ahab, notorious for promoting Baal worship and persecuting the prophets of YHWH (1 Kings 16-21, 2 Kings 9). English 'Izevel / Jezebel / to–Izevel / is-Jezebel,' Spanish 'Jezabel / de–Jezabel / y–Jezabel,' Hindi 'ईजेबेल / ईजेवेल / वईजेवेल,' Arabic 'إيزَبَل / لِ–إيزَبَل / إيزابَلَ / وَإيزابَلُ,' Korean '이세벨 / 이세벨을 / 이세벨의,' Swahili 'Yezebeli / kwa–Yezebeli / na–Yezebeli.' The two clusters differ only in grammatical context (standalone/prepositional vs. conjunctive); the referent is the same person. 22×
AR["إيزابَلَ","إيزابَلُ","إيزَبَل","إِيزَابَلَ","لِ-إيزَبَل"]·ben["ঈশেবল","ঈশেবলকে","ঈশেবলের","ঈষেবল","ঈষেবলকে","ঈষেবলের।","ঈসেবেল"]·DE["Isebel","Izavel","ist-Isebel","zu-Isebel"]·EN["Izavel","Izevel","Jezebel","is-Jezebel","to-Izevel"]·FR["Izavel","Jézabel","est-Jézabel","à-Jézabel"]·heb["איזבל","ל-איזבל"]·HI["ईजेबेल","ईजेबेल-के-पास","ईजेबेल-को","ईजेबेल-ने","ईजेवेल"]·ID["-Izebel","Izebel","kepada-Izebel"]·IT["Izavel","Izebel","Izevel","a-Izevel","è-Izebel"]·jav["Izebel","Izébèl","dhateng-Izébèl"]·KO["이세벨","이세벨에게","이세벨을","이세벨의","이세벨이다"]·PT["'Izevel","Jezabel","a-'Izevel"]·RU["Иезавели","Иезавель","Изевели","Изевель","к-Изевели"]·ES["Izevel","Jezabel","a-Jezabel"]·SW["Yezebeli"]·TR["İzebel'i","İzevel","İzevel'e","İzevel'i","İzevel'in"]·urd["ایزبل","ایزبل-نے","ایزبل-کو","ایزبل-کے"]
1 Kgs 16:31, 1 Kgs 18:4, 1 Kgs 18:13, 1 Kgs 18:19, 1 Kgs 19:1, 1 Kgs 19:2, 1 Kgs 21:5, 1 Kgs 21:7, 1 Kgs 21:11, 1 Kgs 21:14, 1 Kgs 21:15, 1 Kgs 21:15 (+10 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
אִיזֶבֶל n.pr.f. (sense uncertain, CIS i. 158 there occurs the n.pr.f. בעלאזבל Baal exalts? or is husband to? [v. זָבַל], of which אִיזֶבֶל is conjectured by DHM to be an intentional alteration, made for the purpose of avoiding the name Baal. If so, א׳ perhaps suggested to the Hebrew ear the idea of un-exalted or un-husbanded), queen of Ahab, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Tyre 1 K 16:31; 18:4, 13, 19; 19:1, 2; 21:5 +; 2 K 9:7 +.