See also:

• JEZEBEL (Heb. i-zebel, perhaps an artificial form to suggest " un-exalted," a divine name or its equivalent would naturally be expected instead of the first syllable)

JEZEBEL (Heb. i-zebel, perhaps an artificial See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form to suggest " un-exalted," a divine name or its See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent would naturally be expected instead of the first syllable)  , wife of See also:

• AHAB (in Heb. 'ah'(ib, " father's brother ")

Ahab, See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel (1 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings xvi . 31), and See also:

• MOTHER

mother of See also:

• ATHALIAH

Athaliah, in the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible . Her See also:

• FATHER

father Eth-See also:

• BAAL

baal (Ithobal, Jos., contra Ap. i . 18) was king of See also:

• TYRE (Phoen. and Hebr. =" rock," Assyr. S'urru, Egypt. Dara, Early Lat. Sarra)

Tyre and See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest of the goddess See also:

• ASTARTE

Astarte . He had usurped the See also:

• THRONE

throne and was the first important Phoenician king after Hiram (see See also:

• PHOENICIA

PHOENICIA) . See also:

• JEZEBEL (Heb. i-zebel, perhaps an artificial form to suggest " un-exalted," a divine name or its equivalent would naturally be expected instead of the first syllable)

Jezebel, a true daughter of a priest of Astarte, showed herself hostile to the See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship of Yahweh, and to his prophets, whom she relentlessly pursued (1 Kings xviii . 4—13; see See also:

• ELIJAH (a Hebrew name meaning " Yah[weh] is God ")

ELIJAH) . She is represented as a woman of virile See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, and became notorious for the See also:

• PART

part she took in the See also:

• MATTER

matter of Naboth's vineyard . When the Jezreelite 2 See also:

• SHEIKH, or SHAIKH

sheikh refused to sell the See also:

• FAMILY

family See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance to the king, Jezebel treacherously caused him to be arrested on a See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason, and with the help of false witnesses he was found guilty and condemned to See also:

• DEATH

death . For this the See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

prophet Elijah pronounced a See also:

• SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn curse upon Ahab and Jezebel, which was fulfilled when See also:

• JEHU

Jehu, who was anointed king at See also:

• ELISHA (a Hebrew name meaning " God is deliverance ")

Elisha's instigation, killed the son See also:

• JEHORAM, or JORAM (Heb. " Yah[weh] is high ")

Jehoram, massacred all the family, and had Jezebel destroyed (1 Kings xxi.; 2 Kings ix . 1r—28) . What is told of her comes from See also:

• SOURCES

sources written under the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of strong religious See also:

• BIAS
• BIAS (from the Fr. biais, of unknown origin; the derivation from Lat. bifax, two-faced, is wrong)

bias; among the exaggerations must be reckoned 1 Kings xviii .

13, which is inconsistent with xix . 18 and xxii . 6 . A literal See also:

• INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

interpretation of the reference to Jezebel's See also:

• IDOLATRY

idolatry (2 Kings ix . 22) has made her name a byword•for a false prophetess in Rev. ii . 20 . Her name is often used in See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• ENGLISH

English as a synonym for an abandoned woman or one who paints her See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face . (S . A .