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lady

Meaning of “lady”

A woman of distinction.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
4 occurrences4 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Isaiah 47:5

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Every verse containing “lady”

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Isaiah 47:5
Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 47:5 · retained source text

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darknes, O daughter of the Caldeans: for thou shalt no more be called the Ladie of kingdomes.

Isaiah 47:7
¶ And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 47:7 · retained source text

¶ And thou saydst, I shall bee a Ladie for euer: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the later end of it.

1611 marginal noteReue.18.7.

2 John 1:1
THE elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 John 1:1 · retained source text

¶ The Elder vnto the elect Lady, and her children, whome I loue in the trueth: and not I onely, but also all they that haue knowen y e trueth:

2 John 1:5
And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 John 1:5 · retained source text

And now, I beseech thee Lady, not as though I wrote a new commandement vnto thee: but that which wee had from the beginning, that wee loue one another.

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