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Deborah — Hebrew proper name ('bee'), borne by Rebekah's nurse and by the prophetess-judge of Israel.
The name Deborah, meaning 'bee' in Hebrew, belongs to two women in Scripture. The first is Rebekah's nurse, whose death and burial under the oak at Bethel is recorded in Genesis 35:8. Far more prominent is Deborah the prophetess, who judged Israel from her palm tree between Ramah and Bethel (Judg 4:4-5) and led the nation alongside Barak against Sisera's Canaanite forces. Her magnificent victory song in Judges 5 is one of the oldest poetic compositions in the Bible. The multilingual renderings — Spanish 'Débora,' French 'Débora/Devorah,' German 'Debora' — all preserve the name with minor phonetic variation.
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Senses
1. Deborah (proper name) — The proper name Deborah (Hebrew devorah, 'bee'), referring primarily to two figures: (1) Rebekah's beloved nurse, mourned at Bethel under the 'Oak of Weeping' (Gen 35:8), and (2) the prophetess and judge of Israel who summoned Barak to battle against Sisera (Judg 4:4-14) and celebrated the victory in the Song of Deborah (Judg 5:1, 7, 12). Eight of the ten occurrences belong to the prophetess. Translations across languages uniformly transliterate the name, confirming a single referential category. 10×
DISCOURSE_NAMES › Names of Persons and Places › Personal Names
AR["دَبورَةَ", "دَبورَةُ", "دَبُورَةُ", "وَ-دَبورَةُ"]·ben["এবং-দবোরা", "দবোরা", "দবোরার"]·DE["Debora", "Devorah", "und-Devorah"]·EN["Deborah", "Devorah", "and-Devorah"]·FR["Devorah", "Débora", "et-Devorah"]·heb["דבורה", "דברה", "ו-דבורה"]·HI["और-दबोरा", "दबोरा", "दबोरा-के", "दबोरा-ने"]·ID["Dan-Debora", "Debora"]·IT["Debora", "Deborah", "e-Debora"]·jav["Débora", "Déborah", "Lan-Débora"]·KO["그리고-드보라", "드보라", "드보라-의", "드보라가"]·PT["Devorah", "E-Devorah"]·RU["Девора", "Деворой", "Деворы", "И-Девора"]·ES["Deborah", "Devorah", "Y-Devorah"]·SW["Debora", "mwaliko", "na-Debora"]·TR["Debora", "Devora", "Devoranın", "ve-Devora"]·urd["اور-دبورہ", "دبورہ", "دبورہ-نے", "دبورہ-کے"]
Gen 35:8, Judg 4:4, Judg 4:5, Judg 4:9, Judg 4:10, Judg 4:14, Judg 5:1, Judg 5:7, Judg 5:12, Judg 5:15
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. דְּבוֹרָה n.pr.f. (bee)— 1. the nurse of Rebekah Gn 35:8. 2. the prophetess Ju 4:4, 5, 9, 10, 14; 5:1, 7, 12, 15.