Senses
1. queen mother, lady of the court — A noble woman holding the position of queen mother or ruling lady — the mother of the reigning king who held significant political influence in the Israelite and Judahite monarchies. All three clusters represent the same referent with mere prepositional variation (with article, with preposition 'from', standalone). Translations confirm a single sense: Spanish 'reina madre/reina' (queen mother/queen), Hindi 'राजमाता/रानी माँ' (rajmata/rani maa, 'queen mother'), Arabic 'الْمَلِكَةِ/السِّيَادَةِ' (al-malikah, 'the queen'), Korean '왕비/왕태후' (wangbi/wangtaehu, 'queen/queen dowager'), Swahili 'malkia mama' (queen mother). Used notably of Maacah removed from her position by Asa (1 Kings 15:13, 2 Chronicles 15:16) and in Jeremiah 13:18, 29:2. 6×
AR["الـ-سَيِّدَةِ","مِنَ-السِّيَادَةِ","مِنَ-المَلِكِيَّةِ","وَ-لِ-الْمَلِكَةِ","وَالْمَلِكَةِ-الْأُمِّ","ٱلْمَلِكَةِ"]·ben["-রাজমাতা-থেকে","আর-রাজমাতা-সেই","ও-রানীমাতাকে","রাজমাতা-থেকে","রানী","রানীর"]·DE["[והגבירה]","[ולגבירה]","[מגבירה]","der-Koenigin","der-Koenigin-Mutter","von-Koenigin-Mutter"]·EN["and-the-queen-mother","and-to-the-queen-mother","from-queen-mother","the-queen","the-queen-mother"]·FR["[והגבירה]","[ולגבירה]","[מגבירה]","de-reine-mère","le-reine","le-reine-mère"]·heb["ה-גבירה","ו-ה-גבירה","ו-ל-גבירה","מ-גבירה"]·HI["और-राजमाता","और-राजमाता-से","रानी-माँ","रानी-माँ-से","से-राजमाता","हगवीराह"]·ID["-ibu-suri","dan-kepada-ibu-suri","dan-sang-ibu-suri","dari-ibu-suri","dari-kedudukan-ibu-suri","ratu"]·IT["[והגבירה]","[ולגבירה]","[מגבירה]","da-regina-madre","il-regina","il-regina-madre"]·jav["lan-dhateng-ibu-sori","lan-ibu-ratu","ratu","ratu-ibu","saking-dados-ibu-ratu","saking-dados-ibu-suri"]·KO["그-왕비-의","그-왕비의","그리고-그-왕모와","그리고-왕비-에게","에서-왕비로서","왕태후-에서"]·PT["a-rainha","a-rainha-mãe","de-rainha-mãe","e-a-rainha-mãe","e-à-rainha-mãe:"]·RU["госпожи","и-царице","и-царицы-матери","от-госпожи","от-госпожства","царицы"]·ES["de-reina-madre","la-reina","la-reina-madre","y-a-la-reina-madre","y-la-reina-madre"]·SW["kutoka-kuwa-malkia","kutoka-ubibi","malkia","malkia-mama","na-malkia-mama"]·TR["kraliçe","kraliçe-analıktan","kraliçe-annelikten","kraliçenin-o","ve-kraliçenin","ve-valide-sultana"]·urd["اور-ملکہ","اور-ملکہ-سے","ملکہ","ملکہ-سے","ملکہ-کے","ملکہ-کے-عہدے-سے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† גְּבִירָה n.f. 1. lady, queen, 1 K 11:19; 2. queen-mother, 1 K 15:13 = 2 Ch 15:16; וַיְסִרֶהָ מִגּ׳ he removed her from (the position of) queenmother; cf. 2 K 10:13 Je 13:18; 29:2.