Lapidoth
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Lappidoth
lap'-i-doth, -doth (lappidhoth, "flames," "torches"; the King James Version, Lapidoth): Deborah's husband (Judg 4:4). The Hebrew name is a feminine plural like Jeremoth (1 Chr 7:8), Naboth (1 Kgs 21:1). The plural is probably intensive. Jewish interpreters have identified Lappidoth ("flames") with Barak ("lightning"). Some have taken the words rendered "wife of Lappidoth" ('esheth lappidhoth) as a description of Deborah, and have translated them, "woman of lights," i.e. maker of wicks for the sanctuary; or "woman of flames," referring to her prophetic zeal. These explanations are more interesting than probable.
John A. Lees
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