Jezebel

Meanings

Proper Noun

• The Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings & 2 Kings). She incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to idols.

Noun

• A woman who is evil, scheming, shameless, or immoral.
• Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Delias.

Origin

• From Hebrew אִיזֶבֶל.