Bible Dictionary
PRINCESS
A princess may be a queen, a king’s wife, or the wife of a prince. The term can also be used figuratively of Jerusalem.
Definition
A princess may be a queen, the wife of a king, or the wife of a prince. The term can also be used figuratively for a city, especially Jerusalem.
Biblical Usage
The term describes royal wives and women of rank, including the princesses of Persia and Media. Jerusalem is metaphorically called a princess in Lamentations.
Historical Background
The Hebrew term is related to the word for prince and to the name Sarah. Its meaning is determined by whether the context concerns a queen, a king’s consort, a prince’s wife, or a figurative city.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>prin'-ses: The Hebrew term is sarah (compare sar, prince, and "Sarah"); it means</p><p>(1) a queen (Isa 49:23, the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) both "queen");</p><p>(2) the consort of a king contrasted with his concubines (1Ki 11:3, "He had seven hundred wives. princesses, and three hundred concubines");</p><p>(3) the wife of a prince (Es 1:18 the "princesses of Persia and Media");</p><p>(4) it is metaphorically used of the city of Jerusalem (La 1:1).</p>