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Jez·e·bel    Audio Help   [jez-uh-bel, -buhl] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Also, Douay Bible, Jez·a·bel. the wife of Ahab, king of Israel. I Kings 16:31.
2.(often lowercase) a wicked, shameless woman.
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Jez·e·be·li·an    Audio Help   [jez-uh-bee-lee-uhn, -beel-yuhn] Pronunciation Key, Jez·e·bel·ish    Audio Help   [jez-uh-bel-ish] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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jez·e·bel    Audio Help   (jěz'ə-běl', -bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A woman who is regarded as evil and scheming.


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Jez·e·bel    Audio Help   (jěz'ə-běl')  Pronunciation Key 
Phoenician princess and queen of Israel as the wife of Ahab. According to the Bible, she encouraged idolatry and was ultimately killed by Jehu.

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jezebel 
"impudent woman," 1558, after Jezebel, the wicked Tyrean princess who married Ahab, king of Israel (Kings xxi:5-23), from Heb. Izebhel, "a name of uncertain origin and meaning" [Klein].

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jezebel

noun
1. wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC) 
2. a shameless impudent scheming woman 

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Jezebel [(jez-uh-bel)]

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

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

[Chapter:] The Bible


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Jezebel

Jez"e*bel\, n. [From Jezebel, Heb. Izebel, the wife of Ahab king of Israel.] A bold, vicious woman; a termagant. --Spectator.
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