Strong's Lexicon

H1682

H1682 — דְּבוֹרָה דֶּבוֹרָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewdbowrahnoun femOccurrences: 4TWOT: 399f

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1682
Word:	דְּבוֹרָה דֶּבוֹרָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H1696 (in the sense of orderly motion)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	dbowrah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	deb-o-raw' (or (shortened) dborah {deb-o-raw'}) n-f.
Meaning:	1. the bee (from its systematic instincts)
KJV Renderings:	bee.

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BDB1821

I. דְּבוֺרָה noun feminine bee (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 1076], swarm of bees, Aramaic דַּבַּרְתָּא, Syriac [untranscribed source text 1077]) Isa 7:18 plural דְּבֹרִים Deut 1:44; Judg 14:8; Ps 118:12. Read also דְּבֹרוֺ its bees 1Sam 14:26 for ᵑ0 דְּבַשׁ compare ᵐ5 We Dr.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דבורה (d’voh-rah’)

Deuteronomy 1:44

KJV: And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

EHCC: chased you, as bees do,

Judges 14:8

KJV: And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.

EHCC: 8 swarm of bees and honey

Psalms 118:12

KJV: They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.destroy: Heb. cut down

EHCC: compassed me about like bees ;

Isaiah 7:18

KJV: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

EHCC: and for the bee that (is) in the land