דְּבּוֹרָה
Dᵉbôwrâh · deb-o-raw'
Deborah, the name of two Hebrewesses
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shortened) דְּבֹרָה; the same as H1682 (דְּבוֹרָה);
Deborah, the name of two Hebrewesses
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Deborah.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
The doorway, the way in of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דְּבּוֹרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and deborah4 · 40%
- deborah2 · 20%
- but deborah1 · 10%
- of deborah1 · 10%
- until that i deborah1 · 10%
- were with deborah1 · 10%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.