Ialdabaoth
Ialdabaoth is interpreted as the opposite of Sabaoth, representing evil. Thrown into Tartarus, Ialdabaoth envies his son, whereupon his envy takes on shape and becomes death. After Ialdabaoth brought death into the world, Sabaoth creates a host of cherubim.
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When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Proposed etymology in 1957.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Adonai, Iao Sabaoth, Yahweh
- enemy of
- Sabaoth
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Severian Encratites (also associated with Sethians) believed Sabaoth and Ialdabaoth to be one and the same, the God of law, and therefore evil. Celsus, a 2nd-century Greek philosopher, identified Ialdabaoth with Cronus and Sabaoth and Adonai with Zeus.”
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“Robert M. Grant proposed in 1957 that Ialdabaoth was derived from Yah(weh) El(ohei)-Sabaoth, "Yahweh, God of Hosts (Armies)" (Hebrew: צבאות, romanized: ṣəḇāʾōṯ, lit. 'Sabaoth, armies'), a name for the God of Israel found with variants in 1 Samuel 1:3, 2 Samuel 7, Amos (3:13, 5:15-16, 27, and elsewhere) 1 Kings, Jeremiah, Zechariah 3:10, and Psalm 89:9”
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