The meaning of Mistress in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)
mis'-tres (ba'alah, gebhereth): Is the translation of ba'alah, "lady," "owner" (I Kings 17:17; Nahum 3:4); in I Samuel 28:7, "a woman that hath a familiar spirit" is literally, "the mistress of a familiar spirit"; of gebhereth (Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:8-9; II Kings 5:3; Psalms 123:2; Proverbs 30:23; Isaiah 24:2); in Isaiah 47:5, Isaiah 47:7, we have the King James Version and the English Revised Version "lady," the American Standard Revised Version "mistress."
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