- Original: Ἰεζαβήλ - Transliteration: Iezabel - Phonetic: ee-ed-zab-ale' - Definition: Jezebel = chaste 1. wife of Ahab, an impious and cruel queen who protected idolatry and persecuted the prophets 2. the symbolic name of a woman who pretended to be a prophetess, and who, addicted to antinomianism, claimed Christian liberty of eating things sacrificed to idols - Origin: of hebrew origin H348 - TDNT entry: 06:37,3 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Of hebrew origin [ H348 ]; Jezabel (that is Jezebel) a Tyrian woman (used as a synonym of a termagant or false teacher): - Jezabel.