International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Lady

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Lady


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lā´di: This word should be taken in the sense of “mistress” in , (Hebrew gebhereth) (so the American Standard Revised Version). In ; Eat it is the translation of another Hebrew word (sārāh), best rendered “princess” (so the Revised Version (British and American) in Esther, but not in Judges). In , it is the translation of κυρία, kurı́a, which some interpreters regard as a proper name. See CYRIA; JOHN, EPISTLES OF; ELECT LADY.