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But I have against you that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, the one calling herself a prophetess and teaching and misleading My servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

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Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
I have To have, hold, possess. V-PIA-1S H2192 ἔχω echō
against Genitive: against, down from, throughout, by; accusative: over against, among, daily, day-by-day, each day, according to, by way of. Prep H2596 κατὰ kata
you tolerate (a) to send away, (b) to let go, release, permit to depart, (c) to remit, forgive, (d) to permit, suffer. V-PIA-2S H863 ἀφεῖς apheis
woman A woman, wife, my lady. N-AFS H1135 γυναῖκα gunaika
Jezebel, Jezebel, name given to a false prophetess of Thyatira, possibly borrowed from the name of Ahab's wife, queen of Israel. N-AFS H2403 Ἰεζάβελ iezabel
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calling (denoting speech in progress), (a) to say, speak; to mean, mention, tell, (b) to call, name, especially in the pass., (c) to tell, command. V-PPA-NFS H3004 λέγουσα legousa
herself Himself, herself, itself. RefPro-AF3S H1438 ἑαυτὴν eautēn
a prophetess A prophetess. N-AFS H4398 προφῆτιν prophētin
teaching To teach, direct, admonish. V-PIA-3S H1321 διδάσκει didaskei
misleading To lead astray, deceive, cause to wander. V-PIA-3S H4105 πλανᾷ plana
servants (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. N-AMP H1401 δούλους doulous
to commit sexual immorality To fornicate; to practice idolatry. V-ANA H4203 πορνεῦσαι porneusai
to eat To eat, partake of food; to devour, consume (e.g. as rust does); used only in fut. and 2nd aor. tenses. H2068 φαγεῖν phagein
things sacrificed to idols. (of meat), sacrificed to an image (or an idol). Adj-ANP H1494 εἰδωλόθυτα eidōlothuta

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Jezebel

Jezebel Jezebel, the symbolic name of a false prophetess chaste, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of the Zidonians, and the wife of Ahab, the king of Israel ( 1 Kings 16:31 ). This was the "first time that a king of Israel had allied himself by marriage with a heathen princess; and the alliance was in this case of a peculiarly disastrous kind. Jezebel has stamped her name on history as the representative of all that is designing,... View Details

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Berean Bible But I have against you that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, the one calling herself a prophetess and teaching and misleading My servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
King James Bible But Notwithstanding I have a few things against you thee, because thou sufferest that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, the one calling which calleth herself a prophetess prophetess, to teach and teaching and misleading My to seduce my servants to commit sexual immorality fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to unto idols.
Hebrew Greek English But I have this against you you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, the one calling who calls herself a prophetess prophetess, and teaching she teaches and misleading leads My servants to bond-servants astray so that they commit sexual acts of immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
New American Standard Bible 1995 But I have this against you you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, the one calling who calls herself a prophetess prophetess, and teaching she teaches and misleading leads My servants to bond-servants astray so that they commit sexual acts of immorality and to eat things sacrificed to idols.