Jezebel

1 wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC)

2 a shameless impudent scheming woman

English

Proper noun

1. The Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings). She incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to paganism. Jezebel was finally deposed by Jehu, who confronted her and threw her from the palace window to the streets, where her body was eaten by wild dogs.

Noun

1. An evil, scheming or shameless woman; an immoral woman.

   She’s an absolute Jezebel!

Jezebel may refer:

• Jezebel (Bible), a person in the Bible
• Jezebel (film), a 1938 film starring Bette Davis and Henry Fonda
• Jezebel is a blog "for women" published by Gawker Media
• Delias eucharis, the Common Jezebel butterfly
• Anita O'Day was billed as the "Jezebel of Jazz"
• "Jezebel", a song from the English band Sade's album entitled Promise
• "Jezebel", a song by Boyz II Men from the album II
• "Jezebel", a song by Iron & Wine from the Woman King EP
• "Jezebel", a song by The Specials from the album Skinhead Girl (2000)
• "Jezebel", a song by Dizzee Rascal from his 2003 album Boy in Da Corner
• "Jezebel", a song by The Reverend Horton Heat from their 1994 album Liquor in the Front
• "Jezebel" (song), a hit for Frankie Laine in 1951
• "Jezebel", a song by Son Of Dave from the album O2
• "Jezebel" (Jessie), the name of Elijah Baley's wife in Isaac Asimov's Robot Novels
• "Jezebel", a song by Acid Bath
• "Jezebel", a song from 10,000 Maniacs' album Our Time in Eden
• "Jezabel", a song from Ricky Martin's album Sound Loaded
• "Jezebel", a song by Two Hours Traffic from their EP "Isolator"
• "Jezebel", a song from Recoil's 2000 album Liquid
• "Jezebel", a song by Linval Thompson and Turbulence
• "Jezebel", a song by The Drones
• "Jezebel", a song by Chely Wright
• "Jezebel", a song by Lloyd Glenn
• "Jezebel", a song by Owen Gray
• Jezebel Disraeli, one of the main antagonists in Kaori Yuki's Manga series Godchild
• "Jezebel", a 1916 Dennis N-Type fire engine, mascot of the Royal College of Science Union

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