Bathsheba

English

Etymology

From Hebrew בַּת שֶׁבַע (bat shéva', “daughter of an oath”), from בַּת (bát, “daughter”) +‎ שֶׁבַע (shéva, “oath”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bæθˈʃiːbə/

Proper noun

Bathsheba

2. (biblical) In the Old Testament, the wife of Uriah and later of David.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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?

3. (uncommon) A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
   • 1996, Martha Grimes, “Hotel Paradise”, in Headline, →ISBN, 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.'

4. A village in Saint Joseph parish, Barbados.
5. A ghost town in Oklahoma, United States, a short-lived female colony.

Synonyms

• Bathshua

Translations

biblical character

• Arabic: بَثْشَبَع f (baṯšabaʕ)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܬ݂ܫܒ݂ܲܥ f (baṯšḇaˁ)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 巴特舍巴 (baa¹ dak⁶ se³ baa¹), 拔示巴 (bat⁶ si⁶ baa¹)

  Mandarin: 巴特舍巴 (Bātèshèbā), 拔示巴 (Báshìbā)

• Czech: Batšeba f, Betsabé f, Bat-šúa f
• Danish: Batseba c
• Faroese: Batseba f
• Finnish: Batseba
• French: Bethsabée f
• German: Bathseba, Batseba
• Greek: Βηρσαβεέ (el) f (Virsaveé)
• Greenlandic: Batseba
• Hebrew: בת שבע (he)
• Italian: Betsabea f
• Latin: Bethsābē f
• Maore Comorian: Ɓatsheɓa
• Polish: Batszeba f
• Portuguese: Bate-Seba f
• Russian: Вирса́вия (ru) f (Virsávija)
• Spanish: Betsabé (es) f
• Swedish: Batseba

female given name

• Esperanto: Betsabea
• French: Bethsabée f
• Galician: Betsabé (gl)
• Greenlandic: Bassi
• Hebrew: בת שבע (he)
• Italian: Betsabea
• Polish: Batszeba f