This noun appears in 2 Chronicles 24:7 as a shocking epithet for Athaliah: "the wicked woman" or "that wickedness." The text explains that "the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God and used the dedicated things of the LORD's temple for the Baals." The term functions almost as a title—not just describing her character but defining her essence as embodied wickedness. Athaliah's reign represented the infiltration of Baal worship into Judah, threatening the Davidic line and corrupting temple worship. The epithet justifies her violent overthrow: she wasn't merely a bad ruler but wickedness incarnate, whose removal was necessary for covenant restoration.