דְּבוֹרָהdᵉbôwrâh
bee (Isaiah 7:18; Deuteronomy 1:44; Judges 14:8; Psalms 118:12; 1 Samuel 14:26)
Pronunciation: deb-o-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1682
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 1:44 But the Amorites who lived there came out against you like a swarm of bees. They chased and battered you all the way from Seir to Hormah.
- Judges 14:8 Later, when he returned to Timnah for the wedding, he turned off the path to look at the carcass of the lion. And he found that a swarm of bees had made some honey in the carcass.
- Psalms 118:12 They swarmed around me like bees; they blazed against me like a crackling fire. But I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.
- Isaiah 7:18 In that day the Lord will whistle for the army of southern Egypt and for the army of Assyria. They will swarm around you like flies and bees.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).