Strong's Lexicon

H348

H348 — אִיזֶבֶל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewIyzebelnameOccurrences: 22

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H348
Word:	אִיזֶבֶל
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	from H336 and H2083
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	22
Transliteration:	Iyzebel
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ee-zeh'-bel
Meaning:	1. Izebel, the wife of king Ahab
KJV Renderings:	Jezebel.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB372

אִיזֶבֶל proper name, feminine (sense uncertain, CIS^{i. 158} there occurs the proper name, feminine בעלאזבל Baal exalts? or is husband to? [see זָבַל], of which אִיזֶבֶל is conjectured by DHM to be an intentional alteration, made for the purpose of avoiding the name Baal. If so, ׳ א perhaps suggested to the Hebrew ear the idea of un-exalted or un-husbanded), queen of Ahab, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Tyre 1Kgs 16:31; 1Kgs 18:4; 1Kgs 18:13; 1Kgs 18:19; 1Kgs 19:1; 1Kgs 19:2; 1Kgs 21:5 +; 2Kgs 9:7 +.