Lexicon :: Strong's H348 - 'îzeḇel

אִיזֶבֶל
Transliteration
'îzeḇel
Pronunciation
ee-zeh'-bel
Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From אִי (H336) and זְבֻל (H2083)
Strong’s Definitions

אִיזֶבֶל ʼÎyzebel, ee-zeh'-bel; from H336 and H2083; Izebel, the wife of king Ahab:—Jezebel.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H348 in the following manner: Jezebel (22x).

  1. Jezebel = "Baal exalts" or "Baal is husband to" or "unchaste"

    1. queen of Israel, wife of Ahab, daughter of Ethbaal

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִיזֶבֶל ʼÎyzebel, ee-zeh'-bel; from H336 and H2083; Izebel, the wife of king Ahab:—Jezebel.

STRONGS H348: Abbreviations
אִיזֶבֶל proper name, feminine (sense uncertain, CISi. 158 there occurs the proper name, feminine בעלאזבל Baal exalts? or is husband to? [see H2082 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 1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 18:4, 13, 19; 1 Kings 19:1, 2; 1 Kings 21:5 +; 2 Kings 9:7 +.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

16:31; 18:4; 18:13; 18:19; 19:1; 19:2; 21:5

2 Kings

9:7