naboth's vineyard

  • 1NABOTH — (Heb. נָבוֹת), owner of a vineyard close to the palace of ahab king of Israel (I Kings 21:2). Naboth came from the town of Jezreel. Ahab coveted Naboth s vineyard, but Naboth refused to sell or exchange it, basing his refusal on the tradition… …

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  • 2Naboth — Jezebel and Ahab confronted by the prophet Elijah in Naboth s vineyard, print by Sir Francis Dicksee (1853 1928) Naboth (Hebrew: נבות‎, fruits ) the Jezreelite, is the central figure of a story from the Old Te …

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  • 3Naboth — [nā′bäth] n. [Heb nābhōth] Bible a vineyard owner, killed at Jezebel s behest so that Ahab could seize the vineyard: 1 Kings 21 …

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  • 4Naboth —    Fruits, the Jezreelite, was the owner of a portion of ground on the eastern slope of the hill of Jezreel (2 Kings 9:25, 26). This small plat of ground seems to have been all he possessed. It was a vineyard, and lay hard by the palace of Ahab… …

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  • 5Naboth — Owner of a vineyard which King Ahab wished to buy because it adjoined the royal property; but when Naboth refused to sell, Queen Jezebel conspired to bring a false charge of blasphemy against him, for which he was stoned. Ahab moved in to take… …

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  • 6Naboth — (fl. 9th cent BCE)    Israelite landowner. He possessed a vineyard, which Ahab coveted. When Naboth refused to give it up, Ahab s queen Jezebel plotted to bring about his downfall. She persuaded the local elders to honour Naboth and then to bring …

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  • 7Naboth — n. Naboth the Jezreelite, man who was killed because he refused to sell his vineyard to King Ahab (Biblical) …

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  • 8Naboth — /nay both, bohth/, n. the owner of a vineyard coveted by Ahab, slain by the scheming of Jezebel so that Ahab could secure the vineyard. I Kings 21. * * * …

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  • 9Naboth — /nay both, bohth/, n. the owner of a vineyard coveted by Ahab, slain by the scheming of Jezebel so that Ahab could secure the vineyard. I Kings 21 …

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  • 10NABOTH —    a Jew, who was stoned by order of Ahab, king of Israel, because he refused to sell him his vineyard, an outrage for which Ahab was visited by Divine judgment; is symbol, in the regard of the Jews, of the punishment sure to overtake all rich… …

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