izevel · Jezebel

What it means

izevel (אִיזֶבֶל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jezebel”.

A name of uncertain meaning. She is the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians, and wife of King Ahab, who promoted the worship of Baal in Israel and persecuted the prophets of YHWH.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×15
• 2 Kings×7

• 1 Kings 16:31

  And it happened, as if it were a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and bowed down to him.

• 1 Kings 18:4

  and it happened, when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of YHWH, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them, fifty men to each cave, and fed them with bread and water.

• 1 Kings 18:13

  Has it not been told to my lord what I did when Jezebel was killing the prophets of YHWH, how I hid a hundred men of the prophets of YHWH, fifty by fifty men in each cave, and fed them with bread and water?

• 1 Kings 18:19

  Now then, send, gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at the table of Jezebel.”

• 1 Kings 19:1

  Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and all how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

• 1 Kings 19:2

  Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do and so may they add, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”

• 1 Kings 21:5

  Jezebel his wife came to him and spoke to him, “Why is your spirit resentful, and you are not eating bread?”

• 1 Kings 21:7

  Jezebel his wife said to him, “You now exercise the kingship over Israel! Get up, eat bread, and let your heart be glad; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.”

• 1 Kings 21:11

  The men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letters that she had sent to them.

• 1 Kings 21:14

  Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned and is dead.”

• 1 Kings 21:15

  And it happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for silver; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”

• 1 Kings 21:23

  And also concerning Jezebel YHWH has spoken, saying, ‘The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

• 1 Kings 21:25

  Only there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do what is evil in the eyes of YHWH, because Jezebel his wife incited him.

• 2 Kings 9:7

  You will strike the house of Ahab your master, and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of YHWH at the hand of Jezebel.

• 2 Kings 9:10

  And Jezebel the dogs will eat in the portion of Jezreel, and there will be no one to bury her.’” Then he opened the door and fled.

• 2 Kings 9:22

  And it happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, “Is there peace, Jehu?” He said, “What peace, as long as the prostitutions of Jezebel your mother and her many sorceries go on?”

• 2 Kings 9:30

  Jehu came to Jezreel, and Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes with antimony and adorned her head and looked down through the window.

• 2 Kings 9:36

  They came back and told him, and he said, “It is the word of YHWH that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, ‘In the portion of Jezreel the dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel;

• 2 Kings 9:37

  and the corpse of Jezebel will be like dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they will not say, “This is Jezebel.”’”

And 3 more times.