Deborah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(bee). (1) Nurse of Rebekah (Gen. 35:8; 24:59⁸But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. (Genesis 35:8)
⁵⁹And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. (Genesis 24:59)). (2) Prophetess and Judge (Judg. 4:5-14⁵And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. ⁶And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? ⁷And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. ⁸And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. ⁹And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. ¹⁰And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. ¹¹Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. ¹²And they showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. ¹³And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. ¹⁴And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the Lord gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. (Judges 4:5‑14); Judg. 5).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Rebekah’s nurse: she accompanied her mistress when she left Padan-aram and remained with her till her death; she was buried under the “oak of weeping” (Gen. 24:59⁵⁹And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. (Genesis 24:59); Gen. 35:8⁸But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth. (Genesis 35:8)).

2. Wife of Lapidoth: she became a “mother in Israel,” and was a prophetess and “judged Israel”; it was she who incited Barak to attack Jabin, who had oppressed Israel twenty years. This led to the defeat of their enemies, the death of Sisera, by the hand of Jael, and the destruction of Jabin. A remarkable song of triumph by Deborah over the enemies of God followed the victory (Judg. 4-5). Deborah is a beautiful instance of how, under God, the faith of a single person may be the means of arousing those under deep depression into activity and thence to victory.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1683 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Dbowrah

Phonic:

deb-o-raw’

Meaning:

or (shortened) Dborah {deb-o-raw'}; the same as 1682; Deborah, the name of two Hebrewesses

KJV Usage:

Deborah

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

a bee: her speaking

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

A bee, in the sense of orderly motion:―the name of two Hebrewesses, Gen. 35:8. {Apis}

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