Deborah
דְּבוֹרָהStrong’s H1683deborah (de-bo-rah)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Deborah is the Hebrew word usually translated “deborah” and “o deborah”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.”
Meaning
- The nurse of Rebekah who accompanied her from the house of Bethuel
- A prophetess who judged Israel
- The nurse of Rebekah who accompanied her from the house of Bethuel
- A prophetess who judged Israel
How it's translated
- deborah 8
- and deborah 1
- o deborah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 9
- Genesis 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 4:4And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
- Judges 4:5And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
- Judges 4:9And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
- Judges 4:10And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him.
- Judges 4:14And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
- Judges 5:1Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,
Hebrew dictionary
דְּבוֹרָה deborah · Deborah
A judge living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.35.8 § Deborah = "bee" 1) the nurse of Rebekah who accompanied her from the house of Bethuel 2) a prophetess who judged Israel
דְּבוֹרָה deborah · Deborah
A woman living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.4.4; married to Lappidoth (H3941) § Deborah = "bee" 1) the nurse of Rebekah who accompanied her from the house of Bethuel 2) a prophetess who judged Israel
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.