CategoryBackground / Idolatry Term
Modern Equivalentpagan goddess title; idolatrous heavenly queen.
KJV Word TypeIdolatry title / religious background term
DefinitionA title used in Jeremiah for a pagan goddess worshiped by some in Judah. The practice is condemned as idolatry and covenant unfaithfulness.
Key Verses"The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven." (Jeremiah 7:18); "But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven." (Jeremiah 44:17)
KJV Usage NoteThe phrase appears in Jeremiah in connection with condemned idolatrous worship.
Common MisunderstandingIt should not be treated as an approved biblical title of worship; in Jeremiah it refers to idolatry.
EtymologyEnglish phrase translating a title for a pagan heavenly goddess.