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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52412" /> ==
<p> <strong> LILITH. </strong> The word occurs only in &nbsp; Isaiah 34:14 , and is rendered in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] by <strong> ‘screech-owl’ </strong> and in RV [Note: Revised Version.] by <strong> ‘night-monster. </strong> ’ [[Belonging]] to the post-exilic time, it is connected with [[Jewish]] ideas on demons which, as foreign influence became felt, were developed on the lines of [[Babylonian]] and [[Persian]] myths. The <em> [[Lilith]] </em> is mentioned in connexion with the desolation which would haunt Edom; it was a hairy monster, and specially dangerous to [[Infants]] (cf. <em> Lamia </em> ). Strange stories are told about <em> Lilith </em> by the Rabbins. It was a nocturnal spectre who assumed the form of a beautiful woman in order to beguile and destroy young children. In the [[Talmud]] she is associated with the legends of Adam, whose wife she was before [[Eve]] was created, and so became the mother of the demons. </p> <p> T. A. Moxon. </p>
       
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75829" /> ==
<p> he name of Adam's first wife, whom, according to Jewish tradition, he had before Eve, and who bore him in that wedlock the whole progeny of aërial, aquatic, and terrestrial devils, and who, it seems, still wanders about the world bewitching men to like issue and slaying little children not protected by amulets against her. </p>
       
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Lilith <ref name="term_48388" />
<ref name="term_52412"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/lilith Lilith from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
<p> the name of the first wife of Adam, according to rabbinical tradition. She was made of the earth as was Adam himself, and would not submit to be ruled over by her husband. [[Seeing]] no possibility of an agreement between herself and him, she fled away to the sea, where she became the mother of a race of daemons, and, as a punishment for refusing to return to Adam, one hundred of her children were to die every day. [[Lilith]] became noted in [[Jewish]] legend as a destroyer of infants, and for this reason they adopted the custom of writing the names of three protecting angels on slips of paper or parchment, and binding them upon the infant, to prevent the evil influence of Lilith. Among modern Jews, when a woman approaches the period of her confinement, the husband inscribes on each of the walls or partitions around the bed, along with the names of Adam and Eve, the words "Begone, Lilith." On the inside of the doors also he writes the names of three angels, which it is believed will defend the child from the injuries which it might otherwise receive from Lilith. </p>
       
 
<ref name="term_75829"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/lilith Lilith from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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<ref name="term_48388"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/lilith+(2) Lilith from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 18:37, 15 October 2021

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

LILITH. The word occurs only in   Isaiah 34:14 , and is rendered in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] by ‘screech-owl’ and in RV [Note: Revised Version.] by ‘night-monster. Belonging to the post-exilic time, it is connected with Jewish ideas on demons which, as foreign influence became felt, were developed on the lines of Babylonian and Persian myths. The Lilith is mentioned in connexion with the desolation which would haunt Edom; it was a hairy monster, and specially dangerous to Infants (cf. Lamia ). Strange stories are told about Lilith by the Rabbins. It was a nocturnal spectre who assumed the form of a beautiful woman in order to beguile and destroy young children. In the Talmud she is associated with the legends of Adam, whose wife she was before Eve was created, and so became the mother of the demons.

T. A. Moxon.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

he name of Adam's first wife, whom, according to Jewish tradition, he had before Eve, and who bore him in that wedlock the whole progeny of aërial, aquatic, and terrestrial devils, and who, it seems, still wanders about the world bewitching men to like issue and slaying little children not protected by amulets against her.

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