דְּבוֹרָה
de.vo.rahbeeHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine4 occurrences4 books4 verses
Definition
or (shortened) דְּבֹרָה; from H1696 (in the sense of orderly motion); the bee (from its systematic instincts)
Traditional renderings: bee.
Traditional renderings: bee.
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- Deuteronomy 1:44הַדְּבֹרִ֑ים · a swarm of beesThen the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
- Judges 14:8דְּבוֹרִ֛ים · of beesWhen Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.
- Psalm 118:12כִדְבוֹרִ֗ים · like beesThey swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
- Isaiah 7:18וְלַ֨דְּבוֹרָ֔ה · and to the beesOn that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.