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DYBBUK (dybbukkim)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dybbuk mean? 

DYBBUK (noun)
  The noun DYBBUK has 1 sense:

1. (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behaviorplay

  Familiarity information: DYBBUK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DYBBUK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dibbuk; dybbuk

Hypernyms ("dybbuk" is a kind of...):

daemon; daimon; demon; devil; fiend (an evil supernatural being)

Domain category:

folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)


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