Deborah
name
name ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A judge of Israel.
"And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time."
- 2 A nurse of Rebecca.
- 3 A female given name from Hebrew, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s, first in the USA, then in the UK.
"Rapier. Heigho! Deborah! it's an ugly name, a damnable name - the name I mean! - it sounds like Gomorrah! Deb! Debby! - worse still - sounded sharp now I rather like it! - Deborah! Deborah! Deborah!"
Example
More examples"Her cheeks were crimson, her whole body from head to foot instinct and alive with a beauty that to Cyrus and Deborah, as they stood mute with horror in the open doorway, seemed akin to some devilish enchantment."
Etymology
From Hebrew דְבוֹרָה (dvorá), meaning bee.