bathsheba









bathsheba


noun

  1. the wife of Uriah and afterward of David: mother of Solomon. II Sam. 11, 12.
  2. a female given name: from a Hebrew phrase meaning “daughter of the oath.”

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)

Biblical wife of King David, mother of Solomon, from Hebrew Bathshebha, literally “daughter of the oath,” from bath “daughter.”

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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