Yizrᵉʻêʼlîyth — H3159

Definition

feminine adjective

a Jezreelitess

1. Jezreelitess = see Jezreel "sown of God"
2. a female inhabitant of Jezreel
1. used only of Ahinoam, a wife of David

Usually translated as

Jezreelitess

Origin

feminine of H3158

• Yizrᵉʻêʼlîy (H3158)

Occurrences

Yizrᵉʻêʼlîyth occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (2), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Chronicles (1)

• 1 Samuel 27:3 — And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
• 1 Samuel 30:5 — And David’s two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
• 2 Samuel 2:2 — So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal’s wife the Carmelite.
• 2 Samuel 3:2 — And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
• 1 Chronicles 3:1 — Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: