Word Study · Strong's H1377 · Hebrew

גְּבִירָה

gebirah

gheb-ee-raw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: gᵉbîyrâh

“a mistress”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a mistress

Rendered in the KJV as

queen.

6
occurrencesin the Old Testament
4 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
4
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 6 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 4

הַגְּבִירָֽה׃2
מִגְּבִירָ֔ה2
וְהַגְּבִירָ֨ה1
וְלַגְּבִירָ֖ה1

How it is rendered · 5

from queen-mother2
and the queen-mother1
and to the queen-mother1
the queen1
the queen-mother1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 4

preposition + noun · feminine singular2
the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2
conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HR/Ncfsa · 2
HTd/Ncfsa · 2
HC/Rd/Ncfsa · 1
HC/Td/Ncfsa · 1

All 6, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

1 Kings2 of 6 · 33%
Jeremiah2 of 6 · 33%
2 Kings1 of 6 · 17%
2 Chronicles1 of 6 · 17%

1 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

1 Kings2 occurrences

2 Kings1 occurrence

2 Kings 10:13הַגְּבִירָֽה׃hagevirahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularJehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”here: the queen-mother

2 Chronicles1 occurrence

2 Chronicles 15:16מִגְּבִירָ֔הmigevirahpreposition + noun · feminine singularKing Asa also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole, crushed it, and burned it in the Kidron Valley.here: from queen-mother

Jeremiah2 occurrences

Read 1 Kings 11:19 in context →