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PRINCESS

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 (1 Ki 11:3, "He had seven hundred wives. princesses, and three hundred concubines"); (3) the wife of a prince (Est 1:18: the "princesses of Persia and Media"); (4) it is metaphorically used of the city of Jerusalem (Lam 1:1).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'princess'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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