How many times is Deborah mentioned in the Bible?
The word Deborah appears 10 times in the King James Version, in 10 verses. It is found in 2 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Deborah 9 times.
Deborah in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Deborah counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Deborah | 10 | 9 |
| Total | 10 | 9 |
What the name Deborah means
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Deborah as "word; thing; a bee".
This is the 1869 traditional meaning; modern scholars often read names differently.
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Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869), checked 2026-10-22.
First and last mention of Deborah
But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
Where the two translations differ
1 verse matches in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 0 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Judges 4:5: counted in the KJV only
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
She lived under Deborah’s palm tree between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
Common questions
How many times is Deborah in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 10 of the 10 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Deborah appears in 2 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Judges has the most (9), then Genesis (1).
Where is Deborah first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 35:8: "But Deborah Rebekah’s nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth." The last is Judges 5:15.
What does the name Deborah mean in the Bible?
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Deborah as "word; thing; a bee".
More word counts: Delilah, Hannah, Seth, Methuselah, Terah, Dinah, Nimrod, Melchizedek, or all 484 words.
Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.