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Jezreel

American  
[jez-ree-uhl, -el, jez-reel] / ˈdʒɛz ri əl, -ˌɛl, dʒɛzˈril /

noun

  1. Plain of, Esdraelon.


Jezreel British  
/ ˈdʒɛzrɪəl /

noun

  1. another name for Esdraelon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • Jezreelite noun

Example Sentences

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For years, the kibbutz of Ein Harod has prospered in the Jezreel Valley, a fertile plain in northern Israel still scarred by the convulsions that accompanied the creation of the Jewish state 75 years ago.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2023

He much preferred the Jezreel Valley and would later return there to live.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023

De Los Santos was only added to the card Wednesday when Jezreel Corrales couldn’t secure a travel visa from Panama.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 4, 2022

The Times of Israel said the first outbreak of avian flu in Israel this autumn was reported on 18 October at Moshav Nahalal in the Jezreel Valley, about 60km south-west of the Hula Nature Reserve.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2021

As a proof of Elijah’s supernatural power, it is stated that the prophet, for some unknown object, ran before the chariot to the entrance of Jezreel, a distance of at least 16 m.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various