דְּבוֹרָה
de.vo.rah
“bee”
Definition
the bee (from its systematic instincts)
or (shortened) דְּבֹרָה; from H1696 (דָבַר) (in the sense of orderly motion);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
דְּבוֹרָה appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.
When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.
They swarmed around me like bees,but they were extinguished like burning thorns;in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
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