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Hephzibah

Syllables: Heph·zi·bah/ˈhɛpzɪbə/

Hephzibah proper noun: a female given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Used by Puritans in the 17th and 18th century.

Proper noun

Hephzibah

  1. (archaic) A female given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Used by Puritans in the 17th and 18th century.
    • Thou shalt no more bee termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land, Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shalbe maried.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 62:4
    • "My mother's name was Hephzibah," said Silas, "and my little sister was named after her."1861, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XIV, in Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, part I, page 250
  2. A town in Richmond County, Georgia, United States.

Forms of Hephzibah

alternative formHepzibah

Origin of Hephzibah

From Biblical Hebrew חֶפְצִי־בָהּ (ḥep̄ṣî-ḇāh, “my delight is in her”).

Questions about Hephzibah

What does Hephzibah mean?
Hephzibah means a female given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Used by Puritans in the 17th and 18th century.
What part of speech is Hephzibah?
Hephzibah is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hephzibah?
Hephzibah is pronounced /ˈhɛpzɪbə/.

Words near Hephzibah in the dictionary

  1. Hephthalite
  2. Hephthalites
  3. hephthemimer
  4. hephthemimeral
  5. hephthemimers
  6. Hephzibah
  7. Hephæstos
  8. Hephæstus
  9. hepialid
  10. hepialids
  11. Heping

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