ʼÎyzebel — H348

Definition

feminine proper noun

Izebel, the wife of king Ahab

1. Jezebel = "Baal exalts" or "Baal is husband to" or "unchaste"
2. queen of Israel, wife of Ahab, daughter of Ethbaal

Usually translated as

Jezebel

Origin

from H336 and H2083

• Derived from ʼîy (H336)
• Derived from Zᵉbul (H2083)

Greek equivalents

• Iezabḗl (G2403)

Occurrences

ʼÎyzebel occurs 22 times in 19 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (13), 2 Kings (6)

• 1 Kings 16:31 — And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel (אִיזֶ֗בֶל) the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
• 1 Kings 18:4 — For it was so, when Jezebel (אִיזֶ֔בֶל) cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
• 1 Kings 18:13 — Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel (אִיזֶ֔בֶל) slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
• 1 Kings 18:19 — Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel’s (אִיזָֽבֶל) table.
• 1 Kings 19:1 — And Ahab told Jezebel (לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל) all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
• 1 Kings 19:2 — Then Jezebel (אִיזֶ֙בֶל֙) sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
• 1 Kings 21:5 — But Jezebel (אִיזֶ֣בֶל) his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
• 1 Kings 21:7 — And Jezebel (אִיזֶ֣בֶל) his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
• 1 Kings 21:11 — And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel (אִיזָ֑בֶל) had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.
• 1 Kings 21:14 — Then they sent to Jezebel (אִיזֶ֣בֶל), saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
• 1 Kings 21:15 — And it came to pass, when Jezebel (אִיזֶ֔בֶל) heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
• 1 Kings 21:15 — And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel (אִיזֶ֜בֶל) said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
• 1 Kings 21:23 — And of Jezebel (לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל) also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
• 1 Kings 21:23 — And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel (אִיזֶ֖בֶל) by the wall of Jezreel.
• 1 Kings 21:25 — But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel (אִיזֶ֥בֶל) his wife stirred up.
• 2 Kings 9:7 — And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel (אִיזָֽבֶל).
• 2 Kings 9:10 — And the dogs shall eat Jezebel (אִיזֶ֜בֶל) in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
• 2 Kings 9:22 — And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel (אִיזֶ֧בֶל) and her witchcrafts are so many?
• 2 Kings 9:30 — And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel (וְאִיזֶ֣בֶל) heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
• 2 Kings 9:36 — Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel (אִיזָֽבֶל):
• 2 Kings 9:37 — And the carcase of Jezebel (אִיזֶ֗בֶל) shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
• 2 Kings 9:37 — And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel (אִיזָֽבֶל).