Word Study · Strong's H348 · Hebrew
אִיזֶבֶל
izebel
ee-zeh'-bel
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼÎyzebel
“Izebel, the wife of king Ahab”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Izebel, the wife of king Ahab
Rendered in the KJV as
Jezebel.
- 22occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 22 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- אִיזֶ֔בֶל3
- אִיזֶ֣בֶל3
- אִיזָֽבֶל׃3
- אִיזֶ֗בֶל2
- אִיזֶ֜בֶל2
- לְאִיזֶ֔בֶל2
- אִיזֶ֙בֶל֙1
- אִיזֶ֖בֶל1
- אִיזֶ֥בֶל1
- אִיזֶ֧בֶל1
- אִיזָ֑בֶל1
- אִיזָֽבֶל׃ פ1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 5
- Jezebel18
- [is] Jezebel1
- and Jezebel1
- of Jezebel1
- to Jezebel1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)19
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpf · 19
- HR/Npf · 2
- HC/Npf · 1
All 22, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Kings15 occurrences
- 1 Kings 16:31אִיזֶ֗בֶלʾizevelproper noun (a name)And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.here: Jezebel
- 1 Kings 18:4אִיזֶ֔בֶלʾizevelproper noun (a name)for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)here: Jezebel
- 1 Kings 18:13אִיזֶ֔בֶלʾizevelproper noun (a name)Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.here: Jezebel
- 1 Kings 18:19אִיזָֽבֶל׃ʾizavelproper noun (a name)Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”here: Jezebel
- 1 Kings 19:1לְאִיזֶ֔בֶלleizevelpreposition + proper noun (a name)Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.here: to Jezebel
- 1 Kings 19:2אִיזֶ֙בֶל֙ʾizevelproper noun (a name)So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”here: Jezebel
- 1 Kings 21:5אִיזֶ֣בֶלʾizevelproper noun (a name)Soon his wife Jezebel came in and asked, “Why are you so sullen that you refuse to eat?”here: Jezebel
- 1 Kings 21:7אִיזֶ֣בֶלʾizevelproper noun (a name)But his wife Jezebel said to him, “Do you not reign over Israel? Get up, eat some food, and be cheerful, for I will get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”here: Jezebel
- 1 Kings 21:11אִיזָ֑בֶלʾizavelproper noun (a name)So the elders and nobles who lived in Naboth’s city did as Jezebel had instructed in the letters she had written to them.here: Jezebel
- 1 Kings 21:14אִיזֶ֣בֶלʾizevelproper noun (a name)Then they sent word to Jezebel: “Naboth has been stoned to death.”here: Jezebel
- 1 Kings 21:15אִיזֶ֔בֶלʾizevelproper noun (a name)When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”here: Jezebel
- 1 Kings 21:15אִיזֶ֜בֶלʾizevelproper noun (a name)When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”here: Jezebel
- 1 Kings 21:23לְאִיזֶ֔בֶלleizevelpreposition + proper noun (a name)And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’here: of Jezebel
- 1 Kings 21:23אִיזֶ֖בֶלʾizevelproper noun (a name)And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’here: Jezebel
- 1 Kings 21:25אִיזֶ֥בֶלʾizevelproper noun (a name)(Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.here: Jezebel
2 Kings7 occurrences
- 2 Kings 9:7אִיזָֽבֶל׃ʾizavelproper noun (a name)And you are to strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD shed by the hand of Jezebel.here: Jezebel
- 2 Kings 9:10אִיזֶ֜בֶלʾizevelproper noun (a name)And on the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour Jezebel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.here: Jezebel
- 2 Kings 9:22אִיזֶ֧בֶלʾizevelproper noun (a name)When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”here: Jezebel
- 2 Kings 9:30וְאִיזֶ֣בֶלveizevelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.here: and Jezebel
- 2 Kings 9:36אִיזָֽבֶל׃ʾizavelproper noun (a name)So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.here: Jezebel
- 2 Kings 9:37אִיזֶ֗בֶלʾizevelproper noun (a name)And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”here: Jezebel
- 2 Kings 9:37אִיזָֽבֶל׃ פʾizavelproper noun (a name)And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”here: [is] Jezebel