Dibbuk (Noun)
Meaning
(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- He believed the sudden outburst of violent behavior was the result of a dibbuk taking hold of his friend's soul.
- According to the Hasidic tradition, it was the rabbi's role to exorcise the malevolent spirit from the host's body, freeing them from the dibb efforts to destroy their very being.
- Staying up late one night, they dared each other to seek out the old, abandoned synagogue said to be the dwelling of a malevolent dibbuk.
- Though the rabbi cast the appropriate exorcisms and recited sacred scripture, the dibb of the man was fiercely resistant to being sent back to the world of the dead.
- Skeptical at first, she couldn just couldn't deny the terrifying presence that seemed to be coming from the comatose old man's body, a presence her own rabbi identified as an angry, vengeful dibb.