And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
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WisdomJustice and mercySalvationApostasy
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Glossary
- Deborah Person
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A bee. (1. ) Rebekah’s nurse. She accompanied her mistress when she left her father’s house in Padan-aram to become the wife of Isaac ( Gen. 24:59 ).
- Lapidoth Person
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Torches. Deborah is called “the wife of Lapidoth” ( Judg. 4:4 ). Some have rendered the expression “a woman of a fiery spirit,” under the supposition that Lapidoth is not a proper name, a woman of a torch-like spirit.