A female prophet who was one of the judges of the twelve tribes of Israel during the time between the death of Joshua and the institution of the monarchy. Ca. 1208 BCE, She and Barak led the armies of the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali against the army of the Canaanite King Jadin. While the Israelite soldiers put the Canaanite army to rout, Deborah slew Sisera, the fleeing general of the Canaanite army (Judges 4-5).