Deborah Summary
STEPBible TIPNR
Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under an oak below Bethel.
Rebekah's nurse (GEN 35:8)
Names
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Deborah
word; thing; a bee
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Deborah
· Also called · H1683 · GEN 35:8 hornet, wasp, wild honey bee
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דְּבֹרָה
dəvorah · H1683 · GEN 35:8 hornet, wasp, wild honey bee
- he דְּבוֹרָה · H1683G
- el Δεββωρα Debbora · GEN 35:8
- bg Девора
Death
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Dates and sources (2)
Absolute years are conditional chronological estimates. A biblical passage may state an age or event, but does not by itself establish a BCE year. Different calendar systems are preserved separately.
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Death BibleData Matches the current date; this is not historical verificationAH with conditional Ussher anchor:
2274→ ≈ 1731 BCSource record and calculation
Death_Deborah_1·event_year_ahbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 91The year of Deborah_1's death is the year Rachel died (2275) - 1 year (hypothesis) = 2274*HYPOTHESIS: Deborah died within 1 year prior to Rachel's death.SHA-256:b546403afd51896323b96a4457642e748848d0877aec1f2bbc760ae85c2b6715 -
Death BibleData Alternative estimateBibleData BCE year:
1688→ ≈ 1688 BCSource record and calculation
Death_Deborah_1·bce_yearbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 91The year of Deborah_1's death is the year Rachel died (2275) - 1 year (hypothesis) = 2274*HYPOTHESIS: Deborah died within 1 year prior to Rachel's death.SHA-256:b546403afd51896323b96a4457642e748848d0877aec1f2bbc760ae85c2b6715
Family of origin
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Masters and mistresses (1)
Died in (1)
- Bethel (of Palestine) · c. 1731 BC
Deborah Article
STEPBible TIPNR
Deborah is mentioned briefly in Gen 35:8 as the nurse of Rebekah, the wife of Isaac. The context of this passage is Jacob's return to Bethel, where he had previously encountered God in a dream (Gen 28:10-22).
As Israel (or 'Jacob') and his household journeyed to Bethel, Deborah died and was buried under an oak tree below Bethel. The oak tree was then called Allon-bacuth, which means "Oak of Weeping," indicating the mourning that took place at her burial site.
The mention of Deborah's death and burial at this point in the narrative suggests that she had been with Jacob's family for a long time, likely since Rebekah's marriage to Isaac.
Sources: BibleData (CC BY 4.0, Deborah_1) · STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0, Deborah@Gen.35.8) · Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0, deborah_996)