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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PRINCESS

prin'-ses: The Hebrew term is sarah (compare sar, prince, and "Sarah"); it means

(1) a queen (Isaiah 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 (1 Kings 11:3, "He had seven hundred wives. princesses, and three hundred concubines");

(3) the wife of a prince (Esther 1:18 the "princesses of Persia and Media");

(4) it is metaphorically used of the city of Jerusalem (Lamentations 1:1).

Strong's Hebrew

8282. sarah -- princess, noble lady
... sarah. 8283 . princess, noble lady. Transliteration: sarah Phonetic Spelling:
(saw-raw') Short Definition: princesses. Word Origin fem. ... lady, princess, queen. ...
/hebrew/8282.htm - 6k

8283. Sarah -- "princess," a wife of Abraham
... 8282, 8283. Sarah. 8284 . "princess," a wife of Abraham. Transliteration:
Sarah Phonetic Spelling: (saw-raw') Short Definition: Sarah. ...
/hebrew/8283.htm - 6k

Library

Princess Elizabeth.
... INDIVIDUALS MENTIONED IN THIS VOLUME. Princess Elizabeth. Princess of the
Rhine, born in the year 1620. She was the eldest daughter ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hayward/the book of religions/princess elizabeth.htm

The Ugly Princess
... THE UGLY PRINCESS. My parents bow, and lead them forth, For all the crowd to see"
Ah well! the people might not care To cheer a dwarf like me. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/the ugly princess.htm

Constantine the Son of a British Princess.
... Chapter III Writings. 2. Constantine the Son of a British Princess. Duke Coel of
Colchester, say the old chronicles, by an insurrection became king. ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/2 constantine the son of.htm

Reign of Sanadroug; Murder of Abgar's Children; the Princess ...
... Ancient Syriac Documents. Moses of Chorene. History of Armenia. X. Reign of
Sanadroug; murder of Abgar's children; the princess Helena. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/unknown/the decretals/x reign of sanadroug murder.htm

The Finding of Moses
... She knew that presently the great princess, Pharaoh's daughter, would come down
to bathe in the river, and would notice the queer little ark floating there. ...
/.../steedman/the babe in the bulrushes/the finding of moses.htm

The Dream of St. Ursula
... In the year 1869, just before leaving Venice, I had been carefully looking at a
picture by Victor Carpaccio, representing the dream of a young princess. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/ruskin/saint ursula/ii the dream of st.htm

The Child Moses.
... She had seen a fair Egyptian princess coming down from the palace every morning
to bathe in the river at a place not far from her hut; and she thought that if ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/the child moses.htm

The Story of Moses, the Child who was Found in the River
... She placed her baby boy in the ark, and let it float down the river where the princess,
Pharaoh's daughter, would see it. ... "Yes," said the princess. ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of moses the.htm

The Cradle that was Rocked by a River.
... "This is one of the Hebrew's children," she said, and as the baby's sister came
near she asked the princess if she should go and get a nurse from among the ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter ix the cradle that.htm

The Age, Birth, and Life of Moses.
... Miriam. My sister to the princess ran, and said,. Is it thy pleasure, that I haste
and find. ... Among the Hebrew women?' The princess. Gave assent. ...
/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xxiii the age birth and.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince.

2. (n.) The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family.

3. (n.) The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales.

Thesaurus

Princess (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family. 3. (n.)
The consort of a prince; as, the princess of Wales. Int. ...PRINCESS. ...
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Pharaoh's (72 Occurrences)
... (1.) The princess who adopted the infant Moses (qv), Exodus 2:10. ... (bath-par`oh):
The princess who rescued Moses (Exodus 2:5-10 Hebrews 11:24). ...
/p/pharaoh's.htm - 31k

Moses (9295 Occurrences)
... king by constructing for him an ark of bulrushes, which she laid among the flags
which grew on the edge of the river at the spot where the princess was wont to ...
/m/moses.htm - 53k

Daughter (320 Occurrences)
... 12). Edward Bagby Pollard. PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER. (bath-par`oh): The princess
who rescued Moses (Exodus 2:5-10 Hebrews 11:24). This is ...
/d/daughter.htm - 43k

Cambyses
... It is variously said that she was Cassandane, a Persian princess, Amytis, a Median
princess, or Nititis, a daughter of Apries king of Egypt. ...
/c/cambyses.htm - 12k

Sarai (13 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary My princess, the name originally borne by Sarah (Genesis
11:31; 17:15). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SARAH; SARAI. ...
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Salome (2 Occurrences)
... But he had not anticipated for his guests the rare luxury of seeing a princess,
his own niece, a grand-daughter of Herod the Great and of Mariamne, a descendant ...
/s/salome.htm - 10k

Sarah (38 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Princess, the wife and at the same time the
half-sister of Abraham (Genesis 11:29; 20:12). This name was ...
/s/sarah.htm - 28k

Vassal (4 Occurrences)
... She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a
princess among the provinces is become tributary! (See RSV). ...
/v/vassal.htm - 7k

Zoheleth (1 Occurrence)
... the fountain of En-rogel, to which the women of the village resort for water (1
Kings 1:5-9). Here Adonijah (qv) feasted all the royal princess except Solomon ...
/z/zoheleth.htm - 9k

Bible Concordance

Princess (2 Occurrences)

Psalms 45:13 The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Lamentations 1:1 How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Princess

Princess Prince

Related Terms

Pharaoh's (72 Occurrences)

Moses (9295 Occurrences)

Daughter (320 Occurrences)

Cambyses

Sarai (13 Occurrences)

Salome (2 Occurrences)

Sarah (38 Occurrences)

Vassal (4 Occurrences)