HOW TO PRONOUNCE
deborah
/ˈdɛbɚə/
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What does deborah mean?
proper noun
- A judge of Israel.
- A nurse of Rebecca.
- 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/
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But a short time elapsed after the death of the nurse Deborah, and Rebekah died, too.
In the ancient Hebrew chronicles we find mention of Deborah, that "mother in Israel."
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"Deborah, forty years. Apollo discovered the art of medicine and invented the cithara."
As they retreated to the milk-house Deborah Fyander appeared on the stairs.
“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?”