Hephzibah
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) the wife of Hezekiah and the mother of Manasseh.
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(in the Bible) a name applied to Jerusalem.
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Also Hepsiba a female given name.
Example Sentences
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Cather was also struck by his younger sisters, writing to her nieces that the girls, Hephzibah and Yaltah, musicians too, were “almost as gifted and quite as handsome as he.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2024
In 2016, writer Hephzibah Anderson connected Dahl's work with child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim's study "The Uses of Enchantment."
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2020
The Hephzibah High School teacher’s description was displayed on the board with a photo of a Confederate flag, Augusta's WRDW-TV reported.
From Fox News ● Oct. 5, 2019
Journalist Hephzibah Anderson, who was one of the judges, said: "Jeffrey M Green's translation from the Hebrew does ample justice to a novel that mediates on the imagination, memory and language itself."
From BBC ● May 15, 2012
This good lady rejoiced in the name of Gurridge, and Mrs. Gurridge was the oldest friend of Hephzibah Malling, a fact which spoke highly for the former good dame’s many excellent qualities.
From The Hound From The North by Bull, Charles Livingston
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