What does דְּבוֹרָה mean in the Bible?
דְּבוֹרָה is a Hebrew word meaning "the bee (from its systematic instincts)".
Hebrew · H1682
דְּבוֹרָה
The bee (from its systematic instincts)
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דְּבוֹרָה H1682
What does דְּבוֹרָה mean in the Bible?
דְּבוֹרָה is a Hebrew word meaning "the bee (from its systematic instincts)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1682?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a swarm of bees (1), and to the bees (1), like bees (1), of bees (1).
Where does דְּבוֹרָה appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Deuteronomy 1:44. Its strongest book concentrations include Deuteronomy (1), Isaiah (1), Judges (1), Psalms (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It a swarm of bees 1× Deuteronomy 1:44
and to the bees 1× Isaiah 7:18
like bees 1× Psalms 118:12
of bees 1× Judges 14:8
Show sample aligned rows
Deuteronomy 1:44 הַדְּבֹרִ֑ים to a swarm of bees Article | Noun - feminine plural Judges 14:8 דְּבוֹרִ֛ים to of bees Noun - feminine plural Psalms 118:12 כִדְבוֹרִ֗ים to like bees Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural Isaiah 7:18 וְלַ֨דְּבוֹרָ֔ה to and to the bees Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Deuteronomy 1:44
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Deuteronomy 1 Judges 1 Psalms 1 Isaiah 1
Source forms
דְּבוֹרִ֛ים 1x də·ḇō·w·rîm Judges 14:8
הַדְּבֹרִ֑ים 1x had·də·ḇō·rîm Deuteronomy 1:44
וְלַ֨דְּבוֹרָ֔ה 1x wə·lad·də·ḇō·w·rāh Isaiah 7:18
כִדְבוֹרִ֗ים 1x ḵiḏ·ḇō·w·rîm Psalms 118:12
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - feminine plural 1x Deuteronomy 1:44
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x Isaiah 7:18
Noun - feminine plural 1x Judges 14:8
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural 1x Psalms 118:12
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. the bee (from its systematic instincts)
Source Gloss
the bee (from its systematic instincts)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
the bee (from its systematic instincts) BDB: bee Usage: bee.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דְּבוֹרָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain