HyperDic: dibbuk

English > 1 sense of the word dibbuk:
NOUNperson dibbuk, dybbuk(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior
English > dibbuk: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior.
Synonymdybbuk
CategoryJudaismThe monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud
folkloreThe unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture
Broaderdevil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimonAn evil supernatural being
Spanishdibbuk, dybbuk
Catalandibbuk, dybbuk

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