Jezebel

[jez-uh-bel, -buh l]

noun

Also Douay Bible, Jez·a·bel. the wife of Ahab, king of Israel. I Kings 16:31.

(often lowercase) a wicked, shameless woman.

Related formsJez·e·be·li·an

[jez-uh-bee-lee-uh n, -beel-yuh n] /ˌdʒɛz əˈbi li ən, -ˈbil yən/, Jez·e·bel·ish

[jez-uh-bel-ish] /ˈdʒɛz əˌbɛl ɪʃ/, adjective

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Isha Aran at Jezebel worries that the show “glorif[ies] the way religion can constrain people.”
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This is again problematic because Jezebel is commendably sensitive when it comes to issues regarding race and women.
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Jezebel has shown some sympathy to this and other male insecurities in the past.
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Of course, this double standard is hardly only a problem for Jezebel.
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Before Jezebel had launched to police false photos, image comparisons were springing up across the media.
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But then, Hunt thinks Jezebel a sort of Bucephalus, and the more horses she kicks or bites the more pride he takes in her.
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And he answered, What peace, so long as the sins of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
The Bible for Young People|Anonymous
Wicked women there were, such as Jezebel, but happily their influence was not of lasting duration.
Oriental Women|Edward Bagby Pollard
On the side of evil, Delilah, Athaliah, and Jezebel are not less conspicuous.
Expositor's Bible: Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther|Walter Adeney
And was not this that which Jezebel did in the Ancient Time?
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British Dictionary definitions for jezebel

Jezebel

noun

Old Testament the wife of Ahab, king of Israel: she fostered the worship of Baal and tried to destroy the prophets of Israel (I Kings 18:4–13); she was killed by Jehu (II Kings 9:29–37)

(sometimes not capital) a shameless or scheming woman

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Word Origin and History for jezebel

jezebel

"impudent woman," 1550s, after Jezebel, the wicked Tyrean princess who married Ahab, king of Israel (Kings xxi:5-23), from Hebrew Izebhel, "a name of uncertain origin and meaning" [Klein].

Culture definitions for jezebel

Jezebel

[(jez-uh-bel)]

In the Old Testament, an immoral, cruel queen of Israel who attempted to kill Elijah and other prophets of God.

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A “jezebel” is a scheming and shamelessly evil woman.

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