Yaldabaoth

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from ילדא (yaldā, “begetter”) and Abaoth from Ancient Greek Σαβαώθ (Sabaṓth), from Biblical Hebrew צבאות (tsabāʾōθ), plural of צבא (tsābāʾ)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌjɑːldəˈbeɪɒθ/

Proper noun

Yaldabaoth

  1. (Gnosticism) The Demiurge or 'False God'. Created when Sophia (one of the lesser aeons) tried to emanate without her counterpart (Christ).

References
  • Scholem, Gershom (1974) “Jaldabaoth Reconsidered”, in Mélanges d'histoire des religions offerts à Henri-Charles Puech‎, Paris: Collège de France/Presses Universitaires de France, pages 418–421
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