Bathsheba

American  

[bath-shee-buh, bath-shuh-] / bæθˈʃi bə, ˈbæθ ʃə- /

noun

1. (in the Bible) the wife of Uriah and later of David: mother of Solomon.

2. a first name: from a Hebrew phrase meaning “daughter of the oath.”

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Bathsheba British  

/ bæθˈʃiːbə, ˈbæθʃɪbə /

noun

1. 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)

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Bathsheba Cultural  

1. 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.

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Example Sentences

KALUSALE, Zambia—The worst day of Bathsheba Musole’s life started with a deafening crash when the 30-foot wall around a toxic-waste pool collapsed at the Chinese copper mine above her village.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

"I saw her as Bathsheba, the character she was playing, who all the men in the film fell in love with. But it wasn't hard, with somebody like Julie."

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025

He returned to Barbados in 1980 and lived for many years at the Atlantis hotel, near the fishing village of Bathsheba, where he said his writing was invigorated by daily swims in the ocean.

From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2022

The U.S. envoy, Bathsheba Nell Crocker, called for "broader organisational reforms" and made specific proposals such as consequences for perpetrators and managers who fail to respond effectively.

From Reuters • Jan. 28, 2022

First, let me set the scene: We’re in the small house of Bathsheba and Moisé, and their son, Jacob.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz