Topic
Princess
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Kings 11:3ISBE
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
- Esther 1:18ISBE
Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
- Isaiah 49:23ISBE
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait…
- Lamentations 1:1ISBE
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
prin'-ses: The Hebrew term is sarah (compare sar, prince, and "Sarah"); it means
(1) a queen (Isa 49:23, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) both "queen");
(2) the consort of a king contrasted with his concubines (1Ki 11:3, "He had seven hundred wives. princesses, and three hundred concubines");
(3) the wife of a prince (Es 1:18 the "princesses of Persia and Media");
(4) it is metaphorically used of the city of Jerusalem (La 1:1).
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.