Bible Person
Meaning: enlightened; lamps · Male · 1 cross reference
Lapidoth is named as Deborah's husband in Judges 4:4. He belongs to the background of one of Israel's most important judge narratives. First appears in Judg 4:4.1
Name meaning
enlightened; lamps
Identity
male
First appears
Judg 4:4
AI summary: Lapidoth matters because his single cross reference helps place Deborah within an ordinary household setting even as she leads Israel with extraordinary wisdom and courage. The entry quietly grounds a major deliverance story in real family life. Taken together, the material presents Lapidoth as the husband named in Deborah's story.1
Central Figure
Lapidoth
Meaning: enlightened; lamps
Torches.
Name meaning
enlightened; lamps
Identity
male
Torches. Deborah is called “the wife of Lapidoth” (Judg. 4:4). Some have rendered the expression “a woman of a fiery spirit,” under the supposition that Lapidoth is not a proper name, a woman of a torch-like spirit. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Judg |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.