גְּבֶרֶתgᵉbereth
lady, queen
Pronunciation: gheb-eh'-reth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1404
Meanings
2. mistress (Genesis 16:8; Genesis 16:9; Genesis 16:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 9 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 16:4 So Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress, Sarai, with contempt.
- Genesis 16:8 The angel said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai,” she replied.
- Genesis 16:9 The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority.”
- 2 Kings 5:3 One day the girl said to her mistress, “I wish my master would go to see the prophet in Samaria. He would heal him of his leprosy.”
- Psalms 123:2 We keep looking to the Lord our God for his mercy, just as servants keep their eyes on their master, as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal.
- Proverbs 30:23 a bitter woman who finally gets a husband, a servant girl who supplants her mistress.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).