Submitted Name
Gender Masculine
Usage Gnosticism, Hebrew, Phoenician Mythology
Other Forms FormsIaldabaoth, Jaldabaoth, Ildabaoth
[Meaning & History
The first archon of darkness. In Hebrew, cabala, and Gnostic lore, Iadalbaoth is the demiourgos, occupying a position immediately below the "unknown Father". In Phoenician Mythology, he is one of the 7 elohim, creators of the visible universe. In Ophitic gnosticism, Iadalbaoth is said to have generated the 7 elohim (angels) in "his own image". In Enoch 1, Iadalbaoth is equated with Sammael as the fallen angel and as the supreme heirarch of the order of thrones.