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HebrewH0348Proper Noun (Feminine)

אִיזֶבֶל

i.ze.vel

19Occurrences
H0348Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Izebel, the wife of king Ahab

from H336 (אִי)lemma אי missing vowel, corrected to אִי and H2083 (זְבֻל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A queen of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; daughter of: Ethbaal (H0856); married to Ahab (H0256); mother of: Ahaziah (H0274) and Joram (H3141H) Also named: Iezabēl (*Ἰεζαβήλ *"Jezebel" G2403) § Jezebel = "Baal exalts" or "Baal is husband to" or "unchaste" queen of Israel, wife of Ahab, daughter of Ethbaal

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

אִיזֶבֶל appears 19 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
13
2 Kings
6

Key Passages

1 Kings 16:31BSB

And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

1 Kings 18:19BSB

Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

1 Kings 21:5BSB

Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”

1 Kings 21:14BSB

Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”

1 Kings 21:25BSB

(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.

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