prin´ses : The Hebrew term is שׂרה , sārāh (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 ).
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