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Jezebel

[ jez-uh-bel, -buhl ]

noun

  1. Also Douay Bible, Jezabel. (in the Bible) the wife of Ahab, king of ancient Israel.
  2. Often jezebel. a wicked, shameless woman.


Jezebel

/ ˈdʒɛzəˌbɛl; -bəl /

noun

  1. Old Testament the wife of Ahab, king of Israel: she fostered the worship of Baal and tried to destroy the prophets of Israel (I Kings 18:4–13); she was killed by Jehu (II Kings 9:29–37)
  2. sometimes not capital a shameless or scheming woman
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Jezebel

  1. In the Old Testament , an immoral, cruel queen of Israel who attempted to kill Elijah and other prophets of God.
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Notes

A “jezebel” is a scheming and shamelessly evil woman.
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ···· [jez-, uh, -, bee, -lee-, uh, n, -, beel, -y, uh, n], ··· [jez, -, uh, -bel-ish], adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Jezebel1

First recorded in 1550–60 Jezebel fordef 2; from Hebrew Izebhel, of uncertain origin and meaning, -zebhel perhaps representing the divine title “prince”
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As Kylie Cheung of Jezebel explained, the main impact of this order will be to "make it even easier for students to get away with sexual misconduct."

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For example, Trump said that Harris is a “Jezebel.”

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It sounds eerily similar to the misogynistic tropes that incels spew, blaming women as a whole for their manipulative, Jezebel ways; women who'd rather be with powerful men instead of the "good guys" like themselves.

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"Do you have anything else that could denigrate all of Kamala Harris's accomplishments by suggesting it's merely the power of the Jezebel?"

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“Go mama,” Georgia May’s older sister Jade Sheena Jezebel Jagger — a mother of three — wrote.

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