Jezebel

[ jez-uh-bel, -buhl ]

noun

1. Also Douay Bible, Jezabel. (in the Bible) the wife of Ahab, king of ancient Israel.
2. Often jezebel. a wicked, shameless woman.

Jezebel

/ ˈdʒɛzəˌbɛl; -bəl /

noun

1. Old Testament the wife of Ahab, king of Israel: she fostered the worship of Baal and tried to destroy the prophets of Israel (I Kings 18:4–13); she was killed by Jehu (II Kings 9:29–37)
2. sometimes not capital a shameless or scheming woman

Jezebel

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

Notes

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

Other Words From

• Jez·e·be·li·an [jez-, uh, -, bee, -lee-, uh, n, -, beel, -y, uh, n], Jez·e·bel·ish [jez, -, uh, -bel-ish], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jezebel¹

First recorded in 1550–60 Jezebel fordef 2; from Hebrew Izebhel, of uncertain origin and meaning, -zebhel perhaps representing the divine title “prince”

Example Sentences

It sounds eerily similar to the misogynistic tropes that incels spew, blaming women as a whole for their manipulative, Jezebel ways; women who'd rather be with powerful men instead of the "good guys" like themselves.

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"Do you have anything else that could denigrate all of Kamala Harris's accomplishments by suggesting it's merely the power of the Jezebel?"

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“Go mama,” Georgia May’s older sister Jade Sheena Jezebel Jagger — a mother of three — wrote.

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Religious conservatives who deny that Republicans have courted white supremacist support and who view abortion as profoundly evil, for example, have explained Black support for Democrats as resulting from the influence of the demon Jezebel.

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As Susan Rinkunas reported for Jezebel, nearly 150 Republican members of Congress asked the Supreme Court to use the Comstock Act as a justification to restrict access to mifepristone.

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