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"Etymology - After Jezebel, the wife of King Ahab in the Old Testament, who was defenestrated and killed for not worshiping the right god."

Hi Anu -
I do not think the fact that Jezebel was killed for not worshipping the right god is correct.
Jezebel got killed because of the judgement by a righteous God for murdering an innocent man and stealing the man's property.
Ahab, Jezebel's husband and the King of Israel, wanted the vineyard of a man named Naboth. Whne Naboth refused to sell it, Jezebel planned and executed a conspiracy to have Naboth murdered and annexing his property.

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Welcome Rajan.
Jezebel> link
If you really read the whole story there is more to it than just the Naboth incident.

"Jezebel. Jezebel.

If ever the devil was born,
Without a pair of horns
It was you,
Jezebel, it was you.

If ever an angel fell,
Jezebel,
It was you.
Jezebel, it was you. "
( but this was Frankie Laine's problem)

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Yes, there was far more to Jezebel's life than her relationship
to Naboth.


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WELCOME RAJAN


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Thanks BranShea and LukeJavan8.

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I know nothing about Jezebel, except with the modern usage of her name.

The word defenestrated caught my eye because at work we have a fenestrated drape (sheet) used when a sterile field is required.

I LIU and defenestrated is a very descriptive word shocked

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Yes, it sounds quite threatening, doesn't it?

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When I hear it I get defenesive.

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Originally Posted By: Candy
I know nothing about Jezebel, except with the modern usage of her name.

The word defenestrated caught my eye because at work we have a fenestrated drape (sheet) used when a sterile field is required.

I LIU and defenestrated is a very descriptive word shocked




Fenestra is Latin for "window". Jezebel was thrown out a window
and the dogs ate her, as had been prophesied. Thus, evil woman.


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getting thrown out a window and eaten by dogs makes you evil?


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Buffalo Shrdlu #199719 05/09/11 12:16 AM
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Oh no. She was just a very wicked woman, and the prophet,
said she' be "defenestrated", and lo and behold it happened.

Here's the Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jezebel

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