Deborah (Easton)

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A bee. Rebekah's nurse. She accompanied her mistress when she left her father's house in Padan-aram to become the wife of Isaac (Genesis 24:59 ). Many years afterwards she died at Bethel, and was buried under the 'oak of weeping', Allon-bachuth (35:8). A prophetess, 'wife' (woman?) of Lapidoth."> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda. Click here to learn more! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter D Bible Dictionaries Deborah Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Debir Next Entry Debt Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Lebonah Deborah Thompson Chain Reference Deborah Dictionaries American Tract Society Lebonah Deborah Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Deborah Chabad Knowledge Base Menorah Deborah Chanukah Menorah Easton's Bible Dictionary Lebonah Deborah Fausset Bible Dictionary Lebonah Deborah Holman Bible Dictionary Menorah Lebonah Deborah Hitchcock Bible Names Lebonah Deborah Hastings' BibleDictionary Lebonah Deborah Morrish Bible Dictionary Lebonah Deborah 1910 New Catholic Dictionary Lux O Decora Patrie Decora Lux Æternitatis, Auream Debbora Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary Deborah People's Bible Dictionary Deborah Smith Bible Dictionary Lebonah Deborah Webster Dictionary Demorage Decorament Debouching (only first 3 shown) Watson's Theological Dictionary Deborah Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Deborah Harriette Deborah Lacy William Edgar Borah International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Deborah Lebonah Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Deborah McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Bekorah Bell (Nee Wynn), Deborah Darby, Deborah (only first 3 shown) The Catholic Encyclopedia Debbora The Jewish Encyclopedia Ascarelli, Deborah Deborah Deborah (2) (only first 3 shown) Lexicons דְּבוֹרָה לְבוֹנָה A bee. Rebekah's nurse. She accompanied her mistress when she left her father's house in Padan-aram to become the wife of Isaac ( Genesis 24:59 ). Many years afterwards she died at Bethel, and was buried under the "oak of weeping", Allon-bachuth (35:8). A prophetess, "wife" (woman?) of Lapidoth. Jabin, the king of Hazor, had for twenty years held Israel in degrading subjection. The spirit of patriotism seemed crushed out of the nation. In this emergency Deborah roused the people from their lethargy. Her fame spread far and wide. She became a "mother in Israel" ( Judges 4:6,14 ; 5:7 ), and "the children of Israel came up to her for judgment" as she sat in her tent under the palm tree "between Ramah and Bethel." Preparations were everywhere made by her direction for the great effort to throw off the yoke of bondage. She summoned Barak from Kadesh to take the command of 10,000 men of Zebulun and Naphtali, and lead them to Mount Tabor on the plain of Esdraelon at its north-east end. With his aid she organized this army. She gave the signal for attack, and the Hebrew host rushed down impetuously upon the army of Jabin, which was commanded by Sisera, and gained a great and decisive victory. The Canaanitish army almost wholly perished. That was a great and ever-memorable day in Israel. In Judges 5 is given the grand triumphal ode, the "song of Deborah," which she wrote in grateful commemoration of that great deliverance. (See LAPIDOTH, JABIN [2].)

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• part_of source-manifest/easton — Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)