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HebrewH1339Proper Noun (Feminine)

בַּת־שֶׁ֫בַע

bat-she.va

10Occurrences
H1339Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Bath-Sheba, the mother of Solomon

from H1323 (בַּת) and H7651 (שֶׁבַע) (in the sense of H7650 (שָׁבַע)); daughter of an oath;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; daughter of: Eliam (H0463); married to David (H1732) and Uriah (H0223A); mother of: Shammua (H8051H), Shobab (H7727), Nathan (H5416) and Solomon (H8010); also called Bath-shua at ; Also named: bat-shu.a (*בַּת־שׁוּעַ *"Bath-shua" H1340) § Bath-sheba = "daughter of an oath" the wife of Uriah whom David had murdered, having had adulterous relations with her; subsequently wife of David and mother of Solomon, Shimea, Shobab, and Nathan

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

בַּת־שֶׁ֫בַע appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
8
2 Samuel
2

Key Passages

1 Kings 1:11BSB

Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?

1 Kings 1:16BSB

And Bathsheba bowed down in homage to the king, who asked, “What is your desire?”

1 Kings 1:31BSB

Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

1 Kings 2:18BSB

“Very well,” Bathsheba replied. “I will speak to the king for you.”

2 Samuel 11:3BSB

So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.