... A rare exception to this tradition is the prophetess and judge Deborah, perhaps the Bible's greatest woman figure.

Isaiah's wife was called " the prophetess " (), either because she was endowed with the prophetic gift, like Deborah () and Huldah (), or simply because she was the wife of " the prophet " ().

There are a number of exceptions to this rule, including the Matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah, Miriam the prophetess, Deborah the Judge, Huldah the prophetess, Abigail who married David, Rahab and Esther.

Though Bethel had originally been allocated to Benjamin, by the time of the prophetess Deborah, Bethel is described as being in the land of the Ephraim.

However, even by the time of the prophetess Deborah, Bethel is described as being in the land of the Tribe of Ephraim.

After the prophetess Deborah persuaded Barak to face Sisera in battle, Barak, with an Israelite force of ten thousand, defeated Sisera at the Battle of Mount Tabor on the plain of Esdraelon.

Israel's fourth judge and prophetess Deborah lived in this region.

It was originally proposed by Markus Reiner, a professor at Technion in Israel, inspired by a verse in the Bible, stating " The mountains flowed before the Lord " in a song by prophetess Deborah ( Judges 5: 5 ).

Though Joshua allocated Bethel to Benjamin, by the time of the prophetess Deborah, Bethel is described as being in the land of the Tribe of Ephraim.

Deborah (, ) was a prophetess of the God of the Israelites, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel, counselor, warrior, and the wife of Lapidoth according to the Book of Judges chapters 4 and 5.

Gustave Dore's interpretation of the prophetess Deborah.

He was the commander of the army of Deborah, the prophetess and heroine of the Hebrew Bible.

There may also be a connection with the otherwise mysterious name of the prophetess Deborah, literally bee, from one of the oldest parts of the Book of Judges.

God told Deborah ( a prophetess and leader ) that she would deliver Israel from Jabin.

* Deborah, Judge of Israel, accompanies Barak on a military campaign in Qedesh, according to Judges 4: 6 – 10.

In the ancient Song of Deborah, Naphtali is commended, along with Zebulun, for risking their lives in the fight against Sisera ; in the prose account of the event, which textual scholars regard as a much later narrative based on the poem, there is the addition that Barak, the leader of the anti-Sisera forces, hails from the tribe of Naphtali.

The destruction of Hazor in the mid-13th century is seen as corroboration of the biblical account of the later destruction carried out by Deborah and Barak as recorded in the Book of Judges.

* the oratorio The Song of Deborah and Barak ( 1732 )

" Olasky later said he was referring to the story of Deborah, a military leader in the Old Testament book of Judges, and noting that Deborah explicitly tells Barak, who refuses to lead without her, that he will not receive honor.

Grave near Kedesh attributed to Barak or Deborah

() Some people today refer to Deborah as the mother of Israel because of the " Song of Deborah and Barak " found in.

After being oppressed by Jabin, the king of Canaan, in Hazor, for twenty years, () Deborah prevailed upon Barak who was the head captain of the army at that time, to face the Assyrian General Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, in battle.

The Song of Deborah is found in Judges 5: 2-31 and is a victory hymn, sung by Deborah and Barak, about the defeat of Canaanite adversaries by some of the tribes of Israel.

Few allies among the southern tribes could come to the assistance of Deborah and Barak.

Israel, which the song of Deborah and Barak numbers at 40, 000 spears, was unavailable except for forces from the tribes of Ephraim, Machir, Zebulon, Issachar, and Naphtali.

Barak and Deborah are credited with defeating the Canaanite armies led by Sisera, who for twenty years had oppressed the Israelites.

The story of the defeat of the Canaanites under the prophetic leadership of Deborah and the military leadership of Barak, is related in prose ( Judges chapter 4 ) and repeated in poetry ( chapter 5, which is known as the Song of Deborah ).

Deborah said that Barak would win, but Sisera would be killed by a woman.

* Barak, biblical general who commanded the army of Deborah and delivered the Israelites from the yoke of Jabin

According to, it was the scene of the route of Jabin and Sisera after being defeated by Barak and Deborah in.

Textual scholars believe that the prose account of Barak, which differs from the poetic account in the Song of Deborah, is a conflation of accounts of two separate events, one concerning Barak and Sisera like the poetic account, the other concerning Jabin's confederation and defeat.

In the Song of Deborah, the tribe is specially singled out as having " offered their lives to death in the region of Merom ," ( Judges 5: 18 ); and praised because there came " out of Zebulun they that led the army to fight ," as in Hebrew, " they that carry the pen of the writer ," i. e., such as recruiting and inspecting officers ( Judges 5: 14 ).

When Deborah saw the army, she said, according to:

Women were not allowed to join the army, but in 1782 Deborah disguised herself as a man and joined the 4th Massachusetts Regiment, going by the name of Robert Shurtliff of Uxbridge and soon saw action in the front lines against the British.

Deborah called Barak to make up an army to lead into battle against Jabin on the plain of Esdraelon.

Deborah Grey, the deputy leader of Reform, was chosen as the new party's interim leader, becoming the first female Leader of the Opposition in Canadian history.

Manning was frequently accompanied by various guests ( most often Morgan as Deborah Grey, deputy leader of the party, although Grey herself has been a guest ) who criticize Manning on his speech.

Day came under fire very shortly after his disappointing performance in the 2000 election, and soon came under the fire from members of his own caucus, and through the spring of 2001, several members of the Alliance resigned their shadow cabinet seats, the most high-profile resignation being that of deputy leader Deborah Grey.

In 2000, after the Reform Party was folded into the new Canadian Alliance, Deborah Grey served as the party's interim leader until the party's first leadership convention selected Stockwell Day.

Mark had not previously been among the Canadian Alliance MPs agitating for Day's removal as leader, but following Day's speech he joined a group of party dissidents led by Chuck Strahl and Deborah Grey.

Deviants is his long-standing ( 20, 000 years ) on-off relationship with Thena, leader of the Eternals and mother of their twin children, Donald & Deborah Ritter.