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DYBBUK (dybbukkim)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dybbuk mean?
• DYBBUK (noun)
The noun DYBBUK has 1 sense:
1. (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
Familiarity information: DYBBUK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("dybbuk" 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)
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