Gebirah (queen mother)

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Gebirah (queen mother) is a royal title in the Hebrew Bible denoting the king’s mother, who often held significant influence and status within the monarchy of ancient Judah.

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Gebirah (queen mother) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew term ⓘ
biblical title ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
appearsIn Books of Kings ⓘ
Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
appliesTo king’s mother ⓘ
associatedWith Davidic monarchy ⓘ
linked to: House of David

monarchy of ancient Judah ⓘ
basisOfStatus maternity of reigning king ⓘ
connotes lady ⓘ
mistress ⓘ
contrastedWith king’s wife ⓘ
culturalContext ancient Israelite society ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern monarchy ⓘ
denotes mother of the king ⓘ
distinctFrom ordinary queen consort ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasBiblicalFunction advisor to the king ⓘ
intercessor before the king ⓘ
hasEtymologyRoot Hebrew root g-b-r (to be strong, mighty) ⓘ
hasMeaning queen mother ⓘ
hasReligiousReception sometimes seen as prefiguration of Marian queenship in Christian theology ⓘ
hasRole courtly influence ⓘ
dynastic legitimacy symbol ⓘ
political influence ⓘ
royal consort’s successor in status ⓘ
hasStatus high-ranking woman in royal court ⓘ
influences court appointments ⓘ
religious policy (in some reigns) ⓘ
royal succession ⓘ
isTitleOf Bathsheba ⓘ
Jezebel (in functional sense, though not always titled) ⓘ
Maacah ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
positionRelativeToKing subordinate only to the king ⓘ
relatedTo House of David ⓘ
King of Judah ⓘ
scripturalTradition Christian Old Testament tradition ⓘ
Jewish biblical tradition ⓘ
timePeriod First Temple period ⓘ
Iron Age Judah ⓘ
linked to: Iron Age Levant
typeOf female royal office ⓘ
usedIn Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Kingdom of Judah ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maacah daughter of Absalom → royalTitle → Gebirah (queen mother) ⓘ