hephzibah
/ˈhɛpzɪbə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Used by Puritans in the 17th and 18th century.
Archaic
name
A town in Richmond County, Georgia, United States.
Example Sentences
- "Thou shalt no more bee termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land, Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shalbe maried."
- ""My mother's name was Hephzibah," said Silas, "and my little sister was named after her.""
- ""Well, anyhow," she chuckled, "you can be glad it isn't Hephzibah." "Hephzibah!" "Yes. Mrs White's name is that. Her husband calls her 'Hep', and she doesn't like it. She says when he calls out 'Hep - Hep!' she feels as if the next minute he was going to yell,'Hurrah!'""
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew חֶפְצִי־בָהּ (ḥep̄ṣî-ḇāh, “my delight is in her”).
Word Breakdown
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