דְּבּוֹרָהDᵉbôwrâh
proper name, feminine: bee
Pronunciation: deb-o-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1683
Meanings
1. the nurse of Rebekah (Genesis 35:8)
2. the prophetess (Judges 4:4; Judges 4:5; Judges 4:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 35:8 Soon after this, Rebekah’s old nurse, Deborah, died. She was buried beneath the oak tree in the valley below Bethel. Ever since, the tree has been called Allon-bacuth (which means “oak of weeping”).
- Judges 4:4 Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet who was judging Israel at that time.
- Judges 4:5 She would sit under the Palm of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites would go to her for judgment.
- Judges 4:9 “Very well,” she replied, “I will go with you. But you will receive no honor in this venture, for the Lord’s victory over Sisera will be at the hands of a woman.” So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh.
- Judges 4:10 At Kedesh, Barak called together the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali, and 10,000 warriors went up with him. Deborah also went with him.
- Judges 4:14 Then Deborah said to Barak, “Get ready! This is the day the Lord will give you victory over Sisera, for the Lord is marching ahead of you.” So Barak led his 10,000 warriors down the slopes of Mount Tabor into battle.
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).