H1682 דְּבוֹרָה (dᵉbôwrâh) deb-o-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

bee

Strong's Definition

the bee (from its systematic instincts)

Derivation: or (shortened) דְּבֹרָה; from H1696 (דָבַר) (in the sense of orderly motion);

KJV Usage: bee.

TWOT Reference: 399f

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) bee

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דְּבוֹרָה (de.vo.rah) — bee. bee

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

דְּבֹורָה (H1682 · H1683)

noun f · דבר

Swarming Creatures | ≈ זְבוּב

bee = flying insect that collects nectar from flowers and converts it into honey; lives in swarms made up of many thousands of insects; stings only when threatened; ≈ with connotations ranging from positive (food producing) to negative (as a metaphor for an army of well-organized enemies

DEU 1:44 · JDG 14:8 · PSA 118:12 · ISA 7:18

name · דבר

Names of People

Deborah = woman; ► nurse of Rebekah

GEN 35:8

Names of People

Deborah = woman; ► wife of Lappidoth; prophetess, warrior and judge of Israel in the pre-monarchical period

JDG 4:4 · JDG 4:5 · JDG 4:9 · JDG 4:10 · JDG 4:14 · JDG 5:1 · JDG 5:7 · JDG 5:12 · JDG 5:15

Enio R. Mueller

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

דְּבוֹרָה n.f. bee (swarm of bees) base

Bible Occurrences (4)

1:44

14:8

118:12

7:18

Deuteronomy 1:44

Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like... a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

Judges 14:8

When [Samson] returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in [it]... was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.

Isaiah 7:18

On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.