Geveret גְּבֶ֫רֶת
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| גְּבֶ֫רֶת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | geveret |
| Strong's number | H1404 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | lady |
| Occurrences | 9 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (3) |
Geveret (Hebrew גְּבֶ֫רֶת, Strong's H1404) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “lady”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) lady, queen
2) mistress (of servants)
2) mistress (of servants)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | mistress (7), lady (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | her mistress (4), queen (2), my mistress (1), your mistress (1), mistress (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Geveret, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 16:4And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
- Genesis 16:8And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
- Genesis 16:9And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 5:3And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”
Psalms
- Psalm 123:2Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 30:23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 24:2And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
- Isaiah 47:5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of Chaldea. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
- Isaiah 47:7And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).