Associations to the word «Bathsheba»

Wiktionary

BATHSHEBA, proper noun. In the Old Testament, the wife of Uriah and later of David. (biblical character)
BATHSHEBA, proper noun. (uncommon) A female given name of biblical origin.

Dictionary definition

BATHSHEBA, noun. (Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th century BC).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats