G2403
G2403 — Ἰεζαβήλ
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
Iezabel (ee-ed-zab-ale') n/p.
1. Jezabel (i.e. Jezebel), a Tyrian woman
2. (symbolically) used as a synonym of a shrew, hellcat, or harpy (i.e. a malicious, scolding, quarrelsome, predatory woman
3. (concretely, by association) a false teacher (female)
[of Hebrew origin (H348)]
KJV: Jezabel
Root(s): H348
Compare: G903
See also: G5572
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
Jezabel
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ιεζαβελ ((so G T WH, L Ιεζαβελ; Tr Ιεζαβελ; Rec. Ἰεζάβηλ), ἡ (àÄéæÆáÆì (`perhaps intact, chaste; cf. Agnes’ (Gesenius))), Jezebel (modern: Isabel), wife of Ahab (circa ; 1Ki 16:29), an impious and cruel queen, who protected idolatry and persecuted the prophets (1Ki 16:31 — 2Ki 9:30); in Rev 2:20 equivalent to a second Jezebel, the symbolic name of a woman who pretended to be a prophetess, and who, addicted to antinomianism, claimed for Christians the liberty of eating things sacrificed to idols, Rev 2:20.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
Ἰεζάβελ (Jezabel)
Revelation 2:20
- KJV: Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel which calleth herself a prophetess to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed unto idols
- GK: αλλ΄ έχω κατά σου ότι αφείς την γυναίκά σου την Ιεζάβηλ η λεγει εαυτήν προφήτιν και διδάσκει και πλανα τους εμούς δούλους πορνεύσαι και φαγείν ειδωλόθυτα