Lexicon
אִיזֶבֶל
i.ze.vel
H0348
N:N-F-P Hebrew

Jezebel

22
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

i.ze.vel is the proper name of Ahab's wife, portrayed in accounts of violence against prophets, Naboth's vineyard, and judgment at Jezreel.

The term is consistently a proper name identifying Ahab's wife: she is linked with the killing of the LORD's prophets, acts concerning Naboth's vineyard, and the announced and reported judgment at Jezreel.

Senses in use

  1. Proper name for Ahab's wife · dominant

    The form is tagged Noun · Proper throughout and identifies the woman called Ahab's wife in 1 Kings 21:5 and 1 Kings 21:25. In 1 Kings 18:4 the APB renders her cutting off the prophets of the LORD, while in 1 Kings 21:15 it renders her directing Ahab to take Naboth's vineyard after Naboth's death. In 2 Kings 9:36 the APB renders the reported fulfillment that dogs would eat her flesh in Jezreel.

In the Anselm Paraphrase: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the proper name directly, including in clauses about her actions, messages, and judgment. Because the APB is a paraphrase rather than word-aligned text, its surrounding wording confirms the narrative setting rather than supplying a separate lexical rendering.

Across Scripture