Barsabe

B3A1R1S1A1B3E1

proper noun

Bathsheba

OriginMiddle English Barsabe ← Latin Bathsabee ← Hebrew בַּת שֶׁבַע →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. obsoleteBathsheba

    Love to gyve law vnto his ſubiect hertes ſtode in the Iyes off barſabe the bryght

    c. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Penitential Psalms”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 86r

Origin

  1. Hebrewבַּת שֶׁבַע“daughter of an oath”
  2. LatinBathsabee
  3. Middle EnglishBarsabe
  4. EnglishBarsabe

From Middle English Barsabe, from Latin Bathsabee in Jerome’s Vulgate, which is from Hebrew בַּת שֶׁבַע (bat shéva', “daughter of an oath”), from בַּת (bát, “daughter”) + שֶׁבַע (shéva, “oath”).

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Barsabe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Barsabe

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