DIBBUK (dibbukkim)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: dibbukkim   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does dibbuk mean? 

• DIBBUK (noun)
  The noun DIBBUK has 1 sense:

1. (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior

  Familiarity information: DIBBUK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIBBUK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

dibbuk; dybbuk

Hypernyms ("dibbuk" is a kind of...):

daemon; daimon; demon; devil; fiend (an evil supernatural being)

Domain category:

folklore (the unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture)

Judaism (the monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud)