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deborah

/ˈdɛbɚə/

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What does deborah mean?

proper noun

  1. A judge of Israel.
  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.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈdɛbɚə/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈdɛbɹə/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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But a short time elapsed after the death of the nurse Deborah, and Rebekah died, too.
Louis GinzbergThe Legends of the Jews — Volume 1Translated by Henrietta SzoldProject Gutenberg ebook #1493
In the ancient Hebrew chronicles we find mention of Deborah, that "mother in Israel."
Alexander Francis ChamberlainThe Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-DayProject Gutenberg ebook #7966
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"Deborah, forty years. Apollo discovered the art of medicine and invented the cithara."
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505
As they retreated to the milk-house Deborah Fyander appeared on the stairs.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
“But are we to be shut up to these three people, Mr. Wentworth and the two young women—what did you say their names were—Deborah and Hephzibah?”
Henry JamesThe EuropeansProject Gutenberg ebook #179