Bathsheba

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM	Mike C	update #108
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
10/20/2016, 1:17 AM	Mike C	update #93
10/10/2012, 5:50 PM	Mike C	update #84
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage Biblical

Scripts בַּת־שֶׁבַע(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced Pron. /bæθ.ˈʃiː.bə/(English)

Meaning & History

Means "daughter of the oath" in Hebrew, derived from בַּת (baṯ) meaning "daughter" and שָׁבַע (shavaʿ) meaning "oath". According to the Old Testament, this was the name of a woman married to Uriah the Hittite. She became pregnant by King David, so he arranged to have her husband killed in battle and then married her. She was the mother of Solomon.