'dybbuk' definitions:
Definition of 'dybbuk'
From: WordNet
noun
(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior [syn: dybbuk, dibbuk]
Definition of 'dybbuk'
From: GCIDE
- dybbuk \dyb"buk\ (d[i^]b"b[u^]k; Hebrew d[=e]*b[=oo]k"), n.; pl. dybbuks; Hebr. dybbukim (d[=e]`b[=oo]k*[=e]m"). (Jewish folklore) the wandering soul of a dead person, or a demon, that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior. It may be exorcised by religious rites.
- Syn: dibbuk. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Synonyms of 'dybbuk'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afreet,
- apparition,
- appearance,
- astral,
- astral spirit,
- Baba Yaga,
- banshee,
- barghest,
- cacodemon,
- control,
- daeva,
- demon,
- departed spirit,
- devil,
- disembodied spirit,
- duppy,
- eidolon,
- evil genius,
- evil spirit,
- fiend,
- fiend from hell,
- form,
- genie,
- genius,
- ghost,
- ghoul,
- grateful dead,
- guide,
- gyre,
- hant,
- haunt,
- hellion,
- idolum,
- immateriality,
- incorporeal,
- incorporeal being,
- incorporeity,
- incubus,
- jinni,
- jinniyeh,
- lamia,
- larva,
- lemures,
- Lilith,
- manes,
- Masan,
- materialization,
- oni,
- phantasm,
- phantasma,
- phantom,
- poltergeist,
- presence,
- rakshasa,
- revenant,
- satan,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shape,
- shedu,
- shrouded spirit,
- specter,
- spectral ghost,
- spirit,
- spook,
- sprite,
- succubus,
- the undead,
- theophany,
- unsubstantiality,
- vampire,
- vision,
- walking dead man,
- wandering soul,
- wraith,
- yogini,
- zombie