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Barsabe

Barsabe proper noun: bathsheba.

Proper noun

Barsabe

  1. (obsolete) Bathsheba
    • Love to gyve law vnto his ſubiect hertes
      ſtode in the Iyes off barſabe the bryghtc. 1527–1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Penitential Psalms”, in Egerton MS 2711, page 86r

Origin of Barsabe

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”).

Questions about Barsabe

What does Barsabe mean?
Barsabe means bathsheba.
What part of speech is Barsabe?
Barsabe is a proper noun.

Words near Barsabe in the dictionary

  1. bars off
  2. bars out
  3. bars sinister
  4. bars up
  5. bars-sinister
  6. Barsabe
  7. Barsac
  8. Barsamian
  9. Barsanti
  10. Barsantis
  11. Barsby

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