Bathsheba

English

Etymology

From Hebrew בַּת (bát, “daughter [of]”) +‎ שֶׁבַע (shéva, “seven”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bæθˈʃiːbə/

Proper noun

Bathsheba

1. The wife of Uriah and later of David.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), 2 Samuel 11:3:

     3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

2. (rather rare) A female given name of biblical origin.
   • 1996 Martha Grimes, Hotel Paradise, Headline, ISBN 0-7472-1538-3, page 172:

     'I was kinda sweet on her my own self. Sheba Otis, her name was then.' I was surprised. 'She married a Queen? Which one?' 'Can't say.' He sighed. 'Her name's Bathsheba, but she never liked that much.' He turned to look at me. 'That's one of them Bible names.'

Synonyms

• Bathshua

Translations

biblical character

• Czech: Batšeba (cs) f, Betsabé (cs) f, Bat-šúa (cs) f
• Danish: Batseba (da) c
• Faroese: Batseba (fo) f
• Finnish: Batseba (fi)
• French: Bethsabée (fr)

• German: Bathseba (de), Batseba (de)
• Greenlandic: Batseba (kl)
• Hebrew: בת שבע (he)
• Italian: Betsabea (it)
• Spanish: Betsabé (es)

female given name

• Esperanto: Betsabea (eo)
• French: Bethsabée (fr)

• Hebrew: בת שבע (he)
• Italian: Betsabea (it)