Hebe
pronunciation
How to pronounce Hebe in British English:
UK ['hiːbɪ]
How to pronounce Hebe in American English:
US [ˈhibi]
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- Noun:
- (Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring; wife of Hercules; daughter of Zeus and Hera; cupbearer to the Olympian gods
Word Origin
- Hebe (1)
- c. 1600, Greek goddess of youth, daughter of Zeus and Hera, wife of Hercules, from Greek hebe "youth, youthful prime, strength of youth" (legally, "the time before manhood," in Athens 16, in Sparta 18), from PIE *yeg-wa- "power, youth, strength."
- Hebe (2)
- derogatory word for "a Jew," 1932, shortened from Hebrew