גְּבֶרֶת
gᵉbereth · gheb-eh'-reth
mistress
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H1376 (גְּבִיר);
mistress
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lady, mistress.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the house, what is within › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
To carry, to lift up of the house, what is within of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גְּבֶרֶת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- her mistress1 · 11%
- of my mistress1 · 11%
- to thy mistress1 · 11%
- unto her mistress1 · 11%
- of her mistress1 · 11%
- to her mistress1 · 11%
- so with her mistress1 · 11%
- the lady1 · 11%
- i shall be a lady1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.