King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2403
Transliteration: Iezabel
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-ed-zab-ale')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Jezebel, the symbolic name of a false prophetess
Meaning: Jezebel -- the symbolic name of a false prophetess
Ιεζαβελ ((so G T WH, L Ιεζαβελ; Tr Ιεζαβελ; Rec. Ἰεζάβηλ), ἡ (אִיזֶבֶל (`perhaps intact, chaste; cf. Agnes' (Gesenius))), Jezebel (modern: Isabel), wife of Ahab (circa; 1 Kings 16:29), an impious and cruel queen, who protected idolatry and persecuted the prophets (1 Kings 16:31 — 2 Kings 9:30); in Revelation 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, Revelation 2:20.
Word Summary
Iezabel: Jezebel, the symbolic name of a false prophetess
Original Word: ἸεζάβελTransliteration: Iezabel
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-ed-zab-ale')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Jezebel, the symbolic name of a false prophetess
Meaning: Jezebel -- the symbolic name of a false prophetess
Strong's Concordance
Jezabel. Of Hebrew origin ('Iyzebel); Jezabel (i.e. Jezebel), a Tyrian woman (used as a synonym of a termagant or false teacher) -- Jezabel.
see HEBREW 'Iyzebel
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2403: ΙεζαβελΙεζαβελ ((so G T WH, L Ιεζαβελ; Tr Ιεζαβελ; Rec. Ἰεζάβηλ), ἡ (אִיזֶבֶל (`perhaps intact, chaste; cf. Agnes' (Gesenius))), Jezebel (modern: Isabel), wife of Ahab (circa