D'vorah
/dəˈvoʊ.rə/noun
A Hebrew feminine given name, a modern transliteration of Devorah, meaning “bee.”
Did you know?In the Book of Judges, Deborah is portrayed as a prophetess and judge who summons Israel to battle, while the name itself comes from the Hebrew word for “bee.”
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
דְּבוֹרָה (Dəvōrāh)
“Bee; also used as a feminine personal name”
3rd–2nd Century BCE
Greek
Δεββώρα (Debbṓra)
“Deborah, the name of the biblical prophetess and judge in the Septuagint”
4th Century CE
Latin
Debbora
“Deborah, as transmitted in the Latin Bible”
Old English / Middle English
English
Deborah
“The biblical personal name adopted into English”
Modern Hebrew
Hebrew
דְבוֹרָה (Dvorah/Devorah)
“Contemporary Hebrew form and transliteration of the name”