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JEZEBEL
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• JEZEBEL (noun)
The noun JEZEBEL has 2 senses:
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
Familiarity information: JEZEBEL used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Jewess (a woman who is a Jew)
queen (the wife or widow of a king)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A shameless impudent scheming woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("jezebel" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
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