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Hephzibah

American  
[hef-zuh-buh, -suh-, hep-suh-buh] / ˈhɛf zə bə, -sə-, ˈhɛp sə bə /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the wife of Hezekiah and the mother of Manasseh.

  2. (in the Bible) a name applied to Jerusalem.

  3. Also Hepsiba a female given name.


Example Sentences

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The Guardian's Hephzibah Anderson said Keyes' book would win her something "long overdue in snootier literary quarters: respect".

From BBC • May 26, 2024

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

“An’ see you, Hephzibah, and let no eyes read of them, for there will be little credit for anyone in those same doings,” said Sarah solemnly.

From The Hound From The North by Bull, Charles Livingston