348. Izebel

Berean Strong's Lexicon

Izebel: Jezebel

Original Word: אִיזֶבֶל
Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
Transliteration: Izebel
Pronunciation: ee-zeh-bel
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-zeh'-bel)
Definition: Jezebel
Meaning: Izebel

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew words אִי (i) meaning "not" and זֶבֶל (zebel) meaning "exalted" or "dignified."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2403 (Iezabel): Used in Revelation 2:20, referring to a woman in the church of Thyatira who led others into immorality and idolatry, symbolically linked to the Old Testament Jezebel.

Usage: Jezebel is a proper noun used to refer to a specific historical figure in the Bible. The name is often associated with idolatry, manipulation, and opposition to the worship of Yahweh. Jezebel was the wife of King Ahab of Israel and is infamous for promoting the worship of Baal and persecuting the prophets of Yahweh.

Cultural and Historical Background: Jezebel was a Phoenician princess, the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians. Her marriage to Ahab, king of Israel, was likely a political alliance. She introduced the worship of Baal and Asherah into Israel, leading to significant religious and cultural conflict. Her actions and influence were in direct opposition to the covenantal faith of Israel, which demanded exclusive worship of Yahweh. Jezebel's account is set during the 9th century BCE, a time of political turmoil and religious syncretism in the Northern Kingdom of Israel.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
queen of Isr. with King Ahab
NASB Translation
Jezebel (21), Jezebel's (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אִיזֶבֶל proper name, feminine (sense uncertain, CIS^{i. 158} there occurs the proper name, feminine בעלאזבל Baal exalts? or is husband to? [see זָבַל], of which אִיזֶבֶל is conjectured by DHM to be an intentional alteration, made for the purpose of avoiding the name Baal. If so, ׳א perhaps suggested to the Hebrew ear the idea of un-exalted or un-husbanded), queen of Ahab, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Tyre 1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 18:4,13,19; 1 Kings 19:1,2; 1 Kings 21:5 +; 2 Kings 9:7 +.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Jezebel

From 'iy and Zbul; Izebel, the wife of king Ahab -- Jezebel.

see HEBREW 'iy

see HEBREW Zbul

Forms and Transliterations

אִיזֶ֔בֶל אִיזֶ֖בֶל אִיזֶ֗בֶל אִיזֶ֙בֶל֙ אִיזֶ֜בֶל אִיזֶ֣בֶל אִיזֶ֥בֶל אִיזֶ֧בֶל אִיזָ֑בֶל אִיזָֽבֶל׃ איזבל איזבל׃ וְאִיזֶ֣בֶל ואיזבל לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל לאיזבל ’î·zā·ḇel ’î·ze·ḇel ’îzāḇel ’îzeḇel iZavel iZevel lə’îzeḇel lə·’î·ze·ḇel leiZevel veiZevel wə’îzeḇel wə·’î·ze·ḇel

Englishman's Concordance

1 Kings 16:31
HEB: אִשָּׁ֜ה אֶת־ אִיזֶ֗בֶל בַּת־ אֶתְבַּ֙עַל֙
NAS: that he married Jezebel the daughter
KJV: to wife Jezebel the daughter
INT: took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal

1 Kings 18:4
HEB: וַיְהִי֙ בְּהַכְרִ֣ית אִיזֶ֔בֶל אֵ֖ת נְבִיאֵ֣י
NAS: for when Jezebel destroyed
KJV: For it was [so], when Jezebel cut off
INT: become destroyed Jezebel the prophets of the LORD

1 Kings 18:13
HEB: עָשִׂ֔יתִי בַּהֲרֹ֣ג אִיזֶ֔בֶל אֵ֖ת נְבִיאֵ֣י
NAS: I did when Jezebel killed
KJV: what I did when Jezebel slew
INT: did killed Jezebel the prophets of the LORD

1 Kings 18:19
HEB: אֹכְלֵ֖י שֻׁלְחַ֥ן אִיזָֽבֶל׃
NAS: who eat at Jezebel's table.
KJV: hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
INT: eat table Jezebel's

1 Kings 19:1
HEB: וַיַּגֵּ֤ד אַחְאָב֙ לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל אֵ֛ת כָּל־
NAS: Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah
KJV: told Jezebel all that Elijah
INT: told now Ahab Jezebel all and how

1 Kings 19:2
HEB: וַתִּשְׁלַ֤ח אִיזֶ֙בֶל֙ מַלְאָ֔ךְ אֶל־
NAS: Then Jezebel sent a messenger
KJV: Then Jezebel sent a messenger
INT: sent Jezebel A messenger to

1 Kings 21:5
HEB: וַתָּבֹ֥א אֵלָ֖יו אִיזֶ֣בֶל אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וַתְּדַבֵּ֣ר
NAS: But Jezebel his wife came
KJV: But Jezebel his wife came
INT: came But Jezebel his wife and said

1 Kings 21:7
HEB: וַתֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ אִיזֶ֣בֶל אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ אַתָּ֕ה
NAS: Jezebel his wife said
KJV: And Jezebel his wife said
INT: said about Jezebel his wife you

1 Kings 21:11
HEB: שָׁלְחָ֥ה אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם אִיזָ֑בֶל כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר כָּתוּב֙
NAS: did as Jezebel had sent
KJV: did as Jezebel had sent
INT: had sent as Jezebel who written

1 Kings 21:14
HEB: וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֖וּ אֶל־ אִיזֶ֣בֶל לֵאמֹ֑ר סֻקַּ֥ל
NAS: Then they sent [word] to Jezebel, saying,
KJV: Then they sent to Jezebel, saying,
INT: sent to Jezebel saying has been stoned

1 Kings 21:15
HEB: וַֽיְהִי֙ כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ אִיזֶ֔בֶל כִּֽי־ סֻקַּ֥ל
NAS: When Jezebel heard that Naboth
KJV: And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard
INT: become heard Jezebel for had been stoned

1 Kings 21:15
HEB: וַיָּמֹ֑ת וַתֹּ֨אמֶר אִיזֶ֜בֶל אֶל־ אַחְאָ֗ב
NAS: and was dead, Jezebel said
KJV: and was dead, that Jezebel said
INT: was dead said Jezebel to Ahab

1 Kings 21:23
HEB: וְגַ֨ם־ לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה
NAS: Of Jezebel also has the LORD
KJV: And of Jezebel also spake the LORD,
INT: also of Jezebel spoken has the LORD

1 Kings 21:23
HEB: יֹאכְל֥וּ אֶת־ אִיזֶ֖בֶל בְּחֵ֥ל יִזְרְעֶֽאל׃
NAS: will eat Jezebel in the district
KJV: shall eat Jezebel by the wall
INT: the dogs will eat Jezebel able of Jezreel

1 Kings 21:25
HEB: הֵסַ֥תָּה אֹת֖וֹ אִיזֶ֥בֶל אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃
NAS: because Jezebel his wife
KJV: of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife
INT: because incited Jezebel his wife

2 Kings 9:7
HEB: יְהוָ֖ה מִיַּ֥ד אִיזָֽבֶל׃
NAS: of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
KJV: of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel.
INT: of the LORD the hand of Jezebel

2 Kings 9:10
HEB: וְאֶת־ אִיזֶ֜בֶל יֹאכְל֧וּ הַכְּלָבִ֛ים
NAS: shall eat Jezebel in the territory
KJV: shall eat Jezebel in the portion
INT: Jezebel shall eat the dogs

2 Kings 9:22
HEB: עַד־ זְנוּנֵ֞י אִיזֶ֧בֶל אִמְּךָ֛ וּכְשָׁפֶ֖יהָ
NAS: of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts
KJV: of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts
INT: so as the harlotries Jezebel of your mother witchcrafts

2 Kings 9:30
HEB: יֵה֖וּא יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָה וְאִיזֶ֣בֶל שָׁמְעָ֗ה וַתָּ֨שֶׂם
NAS: to Jezreel, Jezebel heard
KJV: to Jezreel, Jezebel heard
INT: Jehu to Jezreel Jezebel heard appoint

2 Kings 9:36
HEB: אֶת־ בְּשַׂ֥ר אִיזָֽבֶל׃
NAS: shall eat the flesh of Jezebel;
KJV: eat the flesh of Jezebel:
INT: the dogs the flesh of Jezebel

2 Kings 9:37
HEB: ק) נִבְלַ֣ת אִיזֶ֗בֶל כְּדֹ֛מֶן עַל־
NAS: and the corpse of Jezebel will be as dung
KJV: And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung
INT: become and the corpse of Jezebel dung on

2 Kings 9:37
HEB: יֹאמְר֖וּ זֹ֥את אִיזָֽבֶל׃ פ
NAS: say, This is Jezebel.'
KJV: [so] that they shall not say, This [is] Jezebel.
INT: say likewise of Jezebel

22 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 348
22 Occurrences

’î·zā·ḇel — 5 Occ.
’î·ze·ḇel — 14 Occ.
lə·’î·ze·ḇel — 2 Occ.
wə·’î·ze·ḇel — 1 Occ.