jewess
English Thesaurus
1. a woman who is a Jew (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | hebrew, israelite, jew, |
| definition | : | a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | lot's wife, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) when God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot and his family were told to flee without looking back; Lot's wife was disobedient and was immediately changed into a pillar of salt (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | esther, |
| definition | : | (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim) (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | jezebel, |
| definition | : | wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; according to the Old Testament she was a cruel immoral queen who fostered the worship of Baal and tried to kill Elijah and other prophets of Israel (9th century BC) (noun.person) |
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