Mistress mis'-tres (ba`alah, gebhereth): Is the translation of ba`alah, "lady," "owner" (1 Kings 17:17, Nahum 3:4); in 1 Samuel 28:7, "a woman that hath a familiar spirit" is literally, "the mistress of a familiar spirit"; of gebhereth (Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:8, Genesis 16:9, 2 Kings 5:3, Psalms 123:2, Proverbs 30:23, Isaiah 24:2); in Isaiah 47:5, Isaiah 47:7, we have the King James Version and the English Revised Version "lady," the American Standard Revised Version "mistress."