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BATHSHEBA
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• BATHSHEBA (noun)
The noun BATHSHEBA has 1 sense:
1. (Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC)
Familiarity information: BATHSHEBA used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
married woman; wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
Domain category:
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Context examples
You remember the small affair of Uriah and Bathsheba?
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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