Definition

mistress

Etymology

feminine of H1376 (גְּבִיר);

Word family

• גְּבִיר gᵉbîyr

How the KJV renders it

• lady
• mistress

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.