- Ἰεζάβελ
- Ἰεζάβελ, ἡ (also Ἰεζαβήλ) indecl. (אִיזֶבֶל; 3 Km 16:31 al.—In Joseph. Ἰεζαβέλη, ης [Ant. 8, 356]) Jezebel, Ahab’s queen, who favored the cult of the Phoenician Baal in Israel and persecuted the prophets of Yahweh (3 Km 16–4 Km 9), and who was also addicted to whoredom and magic (4 Km 9:22). Hence the name was applied to a woman who endangered orthodox teaching within the Christian community at Thyatira Rv 2:20. ESchürer (Weizsäcker Festschr. 1892, 39–58) considers that the name refers to a prophetess of the temple of the Chaldaean Sibyl in that city. Zahn, in Einl.3 II 620ff and in his comm., prefers the rdg. γυναῖκά σου and takes it to mean the bishop’s wife.—S. Kraft, Hdb. ’74 ad loc.; on alleged assoc. of J. w. witchcraft, s. PDuff, NTS 43, ’97, 116–33; Mussies 889–92; DDD s.v. Jezebel.—M-M. TW.
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