HebrewH1683Proper Noun (Feminine)

דְּבוֹרָה

de.bo.rah

10Occurrences
H1683Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Deborah, the name of two Hebrewesses

or (shortened) דְּבֹרָה; the same as H1682 (דְּבוֹרָה);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A judge living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at § Deborah = "bee" 1) the nurse of Rebekah who accompanied her from the house of Bethuel 2) a prophetess who judged Israel

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

דְּבוֹרָה appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
9
Genesis
1

Key Passages

Genesis 35:8BSB

Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel. So Jacob named it Allon-bachuth.

Judges 4:5BSB

And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.

Judges 4:10BSB

where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.

Judges 5:1BSB

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:

Judges 5:12BSB

‘Awake, awake, O Deborah!Awake, awake, sing a song!Arise, O Barak,and take hold of your captives, O son of Abinoam!’

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