NOUN | person | dybbuk, dibbuk | (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior |
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Meaning | (Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior. | |
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Synonym | dibbuk | |
Category | Judaism | The monotheistic religion of the Jews having its spiritual and ethical principles embodied chiefly in the Torah and in the Talmud |
folklore | The unwritten lore (stories and proverbs and riddles and songs) of a culture | |
Broader | devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon | An evil supernatural being |
Spanish | dibbuk, dybbuk | |
Catalan | dibbuk, dybbuk |
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