Bathsheba

[ bath-shee-buh, bath-shuh- ]

/ bæθˈʃi bə, ˈbæθ ʃə- /

the wife of Uriah and afterward of David: mother of Solomon. II Sam. 11, 12.

a female given name: from a Hebrew phrase meaning “daughter of the oath.”

Example sentences from the Web for bathsheba

The truth was that Bathsheba was beyond the pale of activity—and yet not in a swoon.

Far from the Madding Crowd |Thomas Hardy
Might they not have broken out with me, as they did with David when he looked on Bathsheba?

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) |Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
On hearing these and other similar remarks, a wild thought flashed into Gabriel's mind that they might be speaking of Bathsheba.

Far from the Madding Crowd |Thomas Hardy
Liddy knocked at eight o'clock, and Bathsheba un-locked the door.

Far from the Madding Crowd |Thomas Hardy

There came a sudden light into her eye, such as Bathsheba had never seen there before.

The Guardian Angel |Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Bathsheba

/ (bæθˈʃiːbə, ˈbæθʃɪbə) /

Old Testament the wife of Uriah, who committed adultery with David and later married him and became the mother of his son Solomon (II Samuel 11–12)

Bathsheba

[ (bath-shee-buh) ]

A beautiful woman who attracted King David. To marry her, he sent her husband Uriah to his death in battle. Solomon was her second son by David.