Deborah

[ deb-er-uh, deb-ruh ]

noun
  1. a prophetess and judge of Israel. Judges 4, 5.

  2. Also Deb·o·ra. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “bee.”

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How to use Deborah in a sentence

  • In Deborah's songs all Israel, so far as lay in her circle of vision, was divided into princes and people.

  • I saw him rise from his chair; I saw the astounded look of old Deborah Preen when she came in with his supper ale in a jug.

  • The nurse wore a scared face; Deborah Preen, wringing her hands, burst out sobbing.

  • The beautiful old Hebrew name Deborah, which became also an old-fashioned English name, means "bee."

    Stories That Words Tell Us | Elizabeth O'Neill
  • Deborah promised faithfully she should look better the next morning, and she kept her word.

    Peveril of the Peak | Sir Walter Scott

British Dictionary definitions for Deborah

Deborah

/ (ˈdɛbərə, -brə) /


nounOld Testament
  1. a prophetess and judge of Israel who fought the Canaanites (Judges 4, 5)

  2. Rebecca's nurse (Genesis 35:8)

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