Definition of Lilith

1. Noun. In ancient Semitic folklore: a female demon who attacks children.

Generic synonyms: Semitic Deity

Definition of Lilith

1. Proper noun. (mythology) A Mesopotamian storm demon, a bearer of disease and death; also the first wife of Adam in Jewish folklore. ¹

2. Proper noun. (astrology) The "dark moon" or "black moon", not an actual phase of the moon but the empty focus of the ellipse described by its orbit. ¹

3. Proper noun. (Hebrew female given name). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lilith

Likert scale
Likud
Lil
Lila
Lilah
Lilia
Liliales
Lilian
Lilian Alicia Marks
Liliana
Lilianna
Lilias
Lilibet
Liliidae
Liliopsida
Lilith (current term)
Lilium
Lilium auratum
Lilium canadense
Lilium candidum
Lilium catesbaei
Lilium columbianum
Lilium lancifolium
Lilium longiflorum
Lilium maritinum
Lilium martagon
Lilium michiganense
Lilium pardalinum
Lilium philadelphicum
Lilium superbum

Literary usage of Lilith

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Great Pictures as Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Esther Singleton (1907)
"Lilith (ROSSETTI) ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE « Of Adam's first wife, Lilith, ... The rose and poppy are her flowers ; for where Is he not found, O Lilith, ..."

2. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1917)
"These beings in female forms (Lilith is the prototype of these in the Jewish traditions) are called in the esoteric accounts ..."

3. Selected Writings by William Sharp, Elizabeth Amelia Sharp (1912)
"THE PASSING OF Lilith [The primal Eden, where the great rivers from the East and the West converge; where the winds bear abroad the rumour of the music of ..."

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