Topic
Queen
28 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Kings 11:19Easton · ISBE · Nave The wife of a king
And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
- Acts 8:27Easton · ISBE · Nave Candace, of Ethiopia
And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
- 1 Kings 10:1–13ISBE · Nave Of Sheba, visits Solomon
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones:…
- 1 Kings 15:13Easton · Smith
And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
- 2 Kings 10:13Smith · ISBE
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
- Nehemiah 2:6ISBE · Nave Sits on the throne with the king
And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
- Psalms 45:9Easton · ISBE
Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
- Song of Songs 6:8Easton · ISBE
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
- Jeremiah 7:18ISBE · Nave The moon was called “the queen of heaven,”
The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
- Matthew 12:42Easton · ISBE
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
- Luke 11:31Easton · ISBE
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
- 1 Kings 2:19Smith
¶ Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king’s mother; and she sat on his right hand.
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- 2 Kings 24:12 Smith
- 2 Chronicles 9:1–12 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 15:16 Easton
- Esther 1:9 Nave Makes feasts for the women of the royal household
- Esther 1:10–22 Nave Divorced
- Esther 1:11 Nave Crowned
- Esther 2:17 Nave Crowned
- Song of Songs 6:9 Easton
- Isaiah 49:23 ISBE
- Jeremiah 13:18 Smith
- Jeremiah 29:2 Smith
- Jeremiah 44:7–19 Nave The moon was called “the queen of heaven,”
- Jeremiah 44:17 ISBE
- Jeremiah 44:25 Nave The moon was called “the queen of heaven,”
- Daniel 5:10–12 Nave Counsels the king
- Revelation 18:7 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 9 references
No explicit mention of queens is made till we read of the “queen of Sheba.” The wives of the kings of Israel are not so designated. In Ps. 45:9, the Hebrew for “queen” is not malkah, one actually ruling like the Queen of Sheba, but shegal, which simply means the king’s wife. In 1 Kings 11:19, Pharaoh’s wife is called “the queen,” but the Hebrew word so rendered (g’birah) is simply a title of honour, denoting a royal lady, used sometimes for “queen-mother” (1 Kings 15:13; 2 Chron. 15:16). In Cant. 6:8, 9, the king’s wives are styled “queens” (Heb. melakhoth).
In the New Testament we read of the “queen of the south”, i.e., Southern Arabia, Sheba (Matt. 12:42; Luke 11:31) and the “queen of the Ethiopians” (Acts 8:27), Candace.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 15 references
kwen: The Bible applies this term:
(1) To the wife of a king ("queen consort") (malkah). In the Book of Esther it is the title given to Vashti (1:9) and Esther (2:22); compare So 6:8 f. Another Hebrew word for queen consort is gebhirah, literally "mistress" (compare 1Ki 11:19, the wife of Pharaoh; 2Ki 10:13, "the children of the king and the children of the queen"). In Ne 2:6 and Ps 45:9 we find the expression sheghal, which some trace back to shaghal, "to ravish," a rather doubtful derivation. Still another term is sarah, literally, "princess" (Isa 49:23). The Septuagint sometimes uses the word basilissa; compare Ps 45:9.
(2) To a female ruler or sovereign ("queen regnant"). The only instances are those of the queen (malkah) of Sheba (1Ki 10:1-13; compare 2Ch 9:1-12) and of Candace, the queen (basilissa) of the Ethiopians (Ac 8:27). In Mt 12:42 (compare Lu 11:31) Christ refers to the queen of the south (basilissa notou), meaning, of course, the queen of Sheba.
(3) To a heathen deity, melekheth ha-shamayim, "the queen of heaven" (Jer 7:18; 44:17).
See QUEEN OF HEAVEN.
(4) Metaphorically, to the city of Babylon (Rome) (Re 18:7): an expression denoting sovereign contempt and imaginary dignity and power.
William Baur
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 12 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → The wife of a king 1Ki 11:19
- → Crowned Es 1:11; 2:17
- → Divorced Es 1:10-22
- → Sits on the throne with the king Ne 2:6
- → Makes feasts for the women of the royal household Es 1:9
- → Exerts an evil influence in public affairs
- See JEZEBEL
- → Counsels the king Da 5:10-12
- → Of Sheba, visits Solomon 1Ki 10:1-13
- → Candace, of Ethiopia Ac 8:27
- → The reigning sovereign, Athaliah
- → See ATHALIAH
- → The moon was called “the queen of heaven,” Jer 7:18; 44:7-19,25
- → Worshiped
- See IDOLATRY
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.