בַּת
daughter
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
79 distinct verses where H1323 appears in the Absolute state, across 22 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 24 verses
- Genesis 5:4 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp The days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:7 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Seth lived after he became the father of Enosh eight hundred seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:10 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Enosh lived after he became the father of Kenan, eight hundred fifteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:13 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Kenan lived after he became the father of Mahalalel eight hundred forty years, and became the father of sons and daughters
- Genesis 5:16 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Mahalalel lived after he became the father of Jared eight hundred thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:19 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Jared lived after he became the father of Enoch eight hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:22 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Enoch walked with God after he became the father of Methuselah three hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:26 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Methuselah lived after he became the father of Lamech seven hundred eighty-two years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 5:30 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 6:1 וּ/בָנ֖וֹת conj + n c fp It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
- Genesis 11:11 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Shem lived after he became the father of Arpachshad five hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:13 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Arpachshad lived after he became the father of Shelah four hundred three years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:15 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp and Shelah lived after he became the father of Eber four hundred three years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:17 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Eber lived after he became the father of Peleg four hundred thirty years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:19 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Peleg lived after he became the father of Reu two hundred nine years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:21 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Reu lived after he became the father of Serug two hundred seven years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:23 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Serug lived after he became the father of Nahor two hundred years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 11:25 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Nahor lived after he became the father of Terah one hundred nineteen years, and became the father of sons and daughters.
- Genesis 19:8 בָנ֗וֹת n c fp See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."
- Genesis 29:16 בָנ֑וֹת n c fp Laban had two daughters. The name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.
- Genesis 30:13 בָּנ֑וֹת n c fp Leah said, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me happy." She named him Asher.
- Genesis 30:21 בַּ֑ת n c fs Afterwards, she bore a daughter, and named her Dinah.
- Genesis 31:43 הַ/בָּנ֨וֹת בְּנֹתַ֜/י וְ/לִ/בְנֹתַ֞/י ptcl def.art + n c fp n c fp cs + sfx pers 1cs conj + prep + n c fp cs + sfx pers 1cs Laban answered Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?
- Genesis 49:22 בָּנ֕וֹת n c fp "Joseph is a fruitful vine, A fruitful vine by a spring; His branches run over the wall.
Exodus 6 verses
- Exodus 1:16 בַּ֥ת n c fs and he said, "When you perform the duty of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the birth stool; if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live."
- Exodus 1:22 הַ/בַּ֖ת ptcl def.art + n c fs Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, "You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive."
- Exodus 2:16 בָּנ֑וֹת n c fp Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
- Exodus 21:4 בָנ֑וֹת n c fp If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself.
- Exodus 21:9 הַ/בָּנ֖וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
- Exodus 21:31 בַ֣ת n c fs Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
Leviticus 1 verse
Numbers 3 verses
- Numbers 26:33 בָּנ֑וֹת בְּנ֣וֹת n c fp n c fp cs Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Numbers 27:9 בַּ֑ת n c fs If he have no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
- Numbers 36:8 בַּ֞ת n c fs Every daughter, who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.
Deuteronomy 1 verse
Joshua 1 verse
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 11:34 בִתּ/וֹ֙ בַֽת n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c fs Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
- Judges 12:9 בָּנוֹת֙ בָּנ֔וֹת n c fp n c fp He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. He judged Israel seven years.
1 Samuel 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:21 בָנ֑וֹת n c fp Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 30:19 וּ/בָנוֹת֙ conj + n c fp There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them: David brought back all.
2 Samuel 3 verses
- 2 Samuel 5:13 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
- 2 Samuel 12:3 כְּ/בַֽת prep + n c fs but the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and raised. It grew up together with him, and with his children. It ate of his own food, drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.
- 2 Samuel 14:27 וּ/בַ֥ת conj + n c fs To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a beautiful face.
1 Chronicles 6 verses
- 1 Chronicles 2:34 בָּנ֑וֹת n c fp Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
- 1 Chronicles 4:27 וּ/בָנ֣וֹת conj + n c fp Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn't have many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 7:15 בָּנֽוֹת n c fp and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
- 1 Chronicles 14:3 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David became the father of more sons and daughters.
- 1 Chronicles 23:22 בָּנ֑וֹת n c fp Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them [to wife].
- 1 Chronicles 25:5 וּ/בָנ֥וֹת conj + n c fp All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
2 Chronicles 4 verses
- 2 Chronicles 11:21 בַת בָּנֽוֹת n c fs cs n c fp Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.)
- 2 Chronicles 13:21 בָּנֽוֹת n c fp But Abijah grew mighty, and took to himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 24:3 וּ/בָנֽוֹת conj + n c fp Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he became the father of sons and daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 28:8 וּ/בָנ֔וֹת conj + n c fp The children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria.
Esther 2 verses
- Esther 2:7 בַּת לְ/בַֽת n c fs cs prep + n c fs He brought up Hadassah, who is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
- Esther 2:15 בַּת לְ/בַ֜ת n c fs cs prep + n c fs Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.
Job 2 verses
Psalms 1 verse
Proverbs 2 verses
Song of Solomon 2 verses
- Song of Solomon 2:2 הַ/בָּנֽוֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. Beloved
- Song of Solomon 6:9 בָנוֹת֙ n c fp My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother's only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed, The queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
Isaiah 2 verses
- Isaiah 32:9 בָּנוֹת֙ n c fp Rise up, you women who are at ease, [and] hear my voice; you careless daughters, give ear to my speech.
- Isaiah 56:5 וּ/מִ/בָּנ֑וֹת conj + prep + n c fp To them will I give in my house and within my walls a memorial and a name better than of sons and of daughters; I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Jeremiah 5 verses
- Jeremiah 16:2 וּ/בָנ֔וֹת conj + n c fp You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.
- Jeremiah 16:3 הַ/בָּנ֔וֹת ptcl def.art + n c fp For thus says Yahweh concerning the sons and concerning the daughters who are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who became the father of them in this land:
- Jeremiah 29:6 וּ/בָנוֹת֒ בְּנֽוֹתֵי/כֶם֙ וּ/בָנ֑וֹת conj + n c fp n c fp cs + sfx pers 2mp conj + n c fp Take wives, and father sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply you there, and don't be diminished.
- Jeremiah 31:22 הַ/בַּ֖ת ptcl def.art + n c fs How long will you go here and there, you backsliding daughter? for Yahweh has created a new thing in the earth: a woman shall encompass a man.
- Jeremiah 49:4 הַ/בַּ֖ת ptcl def.art + n c fs Why glory you in the valleys, your flowing valley, backsliding daughter? who trusted in her treasures, [saying], Who shall come to me?
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 7 verses
- Ezekiel 14:16 בָּנ֖וֹת n c fp though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate.
- Ezekiel 14:18 וּ/בָנ֑וֹת conj + n c fp though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only should be delivered themselves.
- Ezekiel 14:20 בַּ֖ת n c fs though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
- Ezekiel 14:22 וּ/בָנוֹת֒ conj + n c fp Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their way and their doings; and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.
- Ezekiel 16:61 לְ/בָנ֖וֹת prep + n c fp Then shall you remember your ways, and be ashamed, when you shall receive your sisters, your elder [sisters] and your younger; and I will give them to you for daughters, but not by your covenant.
- Ezekiel 23:4 וּ/בָנ֑וֹת conj + n c fp The names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister: and they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Samaria is Oholah, and Jerusalem Oholibah.
- Ezekiel 44:25 וּ/לְ/בַ֜ת conj + prep + n c fs They shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister who has had no husband, they may defile themselves.
Hosea 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
בת (bath) is a Hebrew word most often rendered “daughter.” It first appears in Genesis 5:4. It turns up in 498 verses across 34 books, a common footprint. It is not a single-sense word — see its full sense range. From the same root come בנה, אבן and בית. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
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About this word
Strong's H1323 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 498
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 498 distinct verses.
- 34 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 34 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #82
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 82 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 498 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 498 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 201 verses · 40%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 171 verses · 34%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 126 verses · 25%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 4 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Daughter 250×, Daughters 205×, Towns 32×
- American Standard Version†: Daughter 196×, Daughters 180×, 's daughter 30×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Daughter 242×, Daughters 205×, Villages 19×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Daughters 217×, Daughter of 167×, Daughter 90×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1323 across 588† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 49 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1323 across 587† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 84 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1323 across 551† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 47 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 29 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1323 across 595† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
18 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 18 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
בת I daughter (= בַּנְתְּ from בן
- 1. daughter, female child, born of a woman Gn 30:21; 34:1 Ex 1:16, 22; 21:4 Lv 12:6 Ho 1:6 cf. Gn 20:12 Lv 18:9 Dt 27:22 +; begotten by a man Gn 5:4, 7, 10; 11:11, 13, 15 cf. Gn 11:29; 19:8; 20:12; 28:2 Lv 19:9 Dt 27:22 +; often ‖ בֵּן son Gn 5:4, 7 + (v. בֵּן); cf. in allegory of Jehoash 2 K 14:9 = 2 Ch 25:18; note especially בְּנוֹת הָאָדָם i.e. human women Gn 6:2, 4; בִּתְּךָ הַקְּטַנָּה thy younger daughter Gn 29:18 (cf. הַצְּעִירָה v 26 opp. הַבְּכִירָה); בִּתִּי הַגְּדוֹלָה my eldest daughter 1 S 18:17; בַּת־(הַ)מֶּלֶךְ = princess 2 Ch 22:11 2 K 9:34 Dn 11:6 cf. 2 S 13:18 Je 41:10; 43:6 ψ 45:10; cf. as term of praise בַּת־נָדִיב Ct 7:2; in partic. e.g. Genesis 30:21
- a. girl called בִּתֵּנוּ by father and brothers Gn 34:17 cf. בִּתְּכֶם v 8. e.g. Genesis 34:17
- b. of adopted daughter Est 2:7, 15. e.g. Esther 2:7
- c. used in speaking to daughter-in-law Ru 1:11, 12, 13; 2:2, 8, 22; 3:1, 16, 18. e.g. Ruth 1:11
- d. בַּת־אָבִיו = sister Ez 22:11 (appos. אחותו); also half-sister Gn 20:12 בַּת־אָבִי אַךְ לֹא בַת־אִמִּי, cf. Lv 18:9 & v 11 בַּת־אֵשֶׁת אָבִיךָ, 20:17. e.g. Ezekiel 22:11
- e. בַּת־דֹּדוֹ = cousin Est 2:7. e.g. Esther 2:7
- f. used in kindly address, בִּתִּי Ru 3:10, 11 (Boaz to Ruth), cf. ψ 45:11; בְּנוֹתַי in mouth of י׳ Is 43:6 (‖ בָּנַי). e.g. Ruth 3:10
- g. בְּנוֹת בָּנָיו = granddaughters Gn 46:7 (P) cf. Lv 18:10 & v 17 (H); note also Gn 37:35, where בנותיו must include other than actual daughters. e.g. Genesis 46:7
- h. רִבְקָה בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל (as more precise designation) Gn 25:20 cf. 24:23, 24, 47(×2) also 26:34(×2); 29:10 +; note especially †בַּת־פַּרְעֹה (without personal name) Ex 2:5, 7, 8, 9, 10 cf. 1 K 3:1; 7:8; 9:24; 11:1 2 Ch 8:11; בַּת־אִישׁ כְּנַעֲנִי וּשְׁמוֹ שׁוּעַ Gn 38:2 cf. v 12 (but cf. 1 Ch 2:3 sub בַּת־שׁוּעַ n.pr.f. infr.) e.g. Genesis 25:20
- i. often pl. as designation of women of a particular city, land, or people: בְּנוֹת צִיּוֹן Is 3:16, 17; 4:4 Ct 3:11 cf. Is 49:22; 60:4 La 3:51; בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַם Ct 1:5; 2:7; 3:5, 10; 5:8, 16; 8:4; בְּנוֹת־שִׁילוֹ Ju 21:21(×2); בְּנוֹת רַבָּה Je 49:3; observe transitional phrase בְּנוֹת אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר Gn 24:13; further בְּנוֹת כְּנָ֑עַן Gn 28:1, 6, 8; 36:2 (all P) cf. ב׳ הַכְּנַעֲנִי Gn 24:3, 37 (J); בְּנוֹת הָאָרֶץ Gn 27:46; 34:1 (both P); בְּנוֹת מוֹאָב Nu 25:1 Is 16:2 cf. Nu 21:29; ב׳ חֵת Gn 27:46(×2) (P); ב׳ פְּלִשְׁתִּים Ju 14:1, 2 2 S 1:20 ‖ ב׳ הָֽעֲרֵלִים v 20 (poet.); ב׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Ju 11:40 1 S 1:24 (poet.); ב׳ יְהוּדָה ψ 48:12; 97:8; ב׳ מְנַשֶּׁה Jos 17:6; ב׳ דָּן 2 Ch 2:13; cf. בַּת־לֵוִי Ex 2:1 i.e. a woman of tribe of Levi; also ב׳ אַחֶיךָ Ju 14:3; ב׳ עַמֶּ֑ךָ Ez 13:7.—בַּת־צִיּוֹן etc. v. sub 3 infr. e.g. Isaiah 3:16
- 2. young women, women Gn 30:13 (J) Pr 31:29 Ct 2:2; 6:9; בָּנוֹת בֹּטְחוֹת Is 32:9; also בַּת הַנָּשִׁים Dn 11:17. e.g. Genesis 30:13
- 3. with name of city, land, or people, poet. personif. of that city or inhabitants, etc.: בַּת־צִיּוֹן Is 1:8; 10:32; 16:1; 62:11 Mi 1:13; 4:8, 10, 13 Je 4:13; 6:2, 23 Zp 3:14 Zc 2:14; 9:9 ψ 9:15 La 1:6; 2:1, 4; 4:22; even זִקְנֵי בת־ציון La 2:10; חוֹמַת ב׳ צ׳ v 8, 18; also בְּתוּלַת ב׳־צ׳ 2 K 19:21 = Is 37:22 La 2:13; שְׁבִיָּה ב׳־צ׳ Is 52:2; ב׳ יְרוּשָׁלַם 2 K 19:21 = Is 37:22 Mi 4:8 Zp 3:14 Zc 9:9 La 2:13, 15; cf. בַּת־פּוּצַי Zp 3:10 daughter of my dispersed ones; בַּת־צֹר ψ 45:13; ב׳ בָּבֶל Je 50:42; 51:23 ψ 137:8; בְּתוּלַת ב׳ בָּבֶל Is 47:1; v. further Zc 2:11; also of Tarshish Is 23:10, Sidon v 12 (+ בְּתוּלַת), Dibon Je 48:18 (+ יוֹשֶׁבֶת), Gallim Is 10:30; בְּתוּלַת ב׳־יְהוּדָה La 1:15; cf. מִבְצְרֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה 2:2; בַּת־עַמִּי daughter of my people Is 22:4 Je 4:11; 6:14, 26; 8:11, 19, 21, 22, 23; 9:6 La 3:48; 4:3, 6, 10, בְּחוּלַת ב׳ ע׳ Je 14:17; בַּת־מִצְרָ֑יִם Je 46:24; also 46:11 (+ בְּתוּלַת), v 19 (+ יוֹשֶׁבֶת); ב׳ אֱדוֹם La 4:21, 22; ב׳ כַּשְׂדִּים Is 47:1, 5; note הַבַּת הַשּׁוֹבֵבָ֑ה Je 31:22 (‖ בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל v 21) 49:4 (= Ammon); on בַּת־אֲשֻׁרִים Ez 27:6 v. sub אֲשֻׁרִים p. 81; less often in pl. בְּנוֹת הַגּוֹיִם Ez 32:16; ב׳ גּ׳ אַדִּרִם v 18 (these perhaps sub 1 i); בְּנוֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּים Ez 16:27 (in allegory); cf. also of Sodom, Samaria, Syria etc. v 44, 45, 46(×2), 53, 55(×2), 57(×2); 23:2. e.g. Isaiah 1:8
- 4. pl. = villages, after name of city, וּבְחֶשְׁבּוֹן וּבְכָל־בְּנֹתֶיהָ Nu 21:25 cf. v 32; 32:42 (E) Jos 15:45, 47(×2) (JE?) + v 28 𝔊 Di, 17:11 (6 times) v 16 (J) = Ju 1:27(×4); 11:26(×2) Je 49:2 + 17 times Ch + 6 times Ne 11:25–31. On 1 Ch 18:1 & its variation from ‖ 2 S 8:1 vid. We Dr e.g. Numbers 21:25
- 5. in phrases denoting character, quality, etc., בַּת־אֵל נֵכָר daughter of a strange god, i.e. idolatrous (woman or people) Mal 2:11; בַּת־גְּדוּד daughter of a troop, i.e. war-like city Mi 4:14; בְּנוֹת הַשִּׁיר Ec 12:4 the daughters of song, i.e. songs, melodious notes; בַּת־בְּלִיַּעַל 1 S 1:16 v. בְּלִיַּעַל sub בלה. e.g. Malachi 2:11
- 6. בַּת יַעֲנָה = ostrich Lv 11:16 = Dt 14:15; pl. בְּנוֹת יַעֲנָה Jb 30:29 Mi 1:8 Is 13:21; 34:13; 43:20 Je 50:39 (v. יַעֲנָה); בַּת־עַיִן pupil of the eye La 2:18 cf. Ethiopic ብንተ ዐይን v. also אִישׁוֹן. e.g. Leviticus 11:16
- 7. fig. לַעֲלוּקָה שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת Pr 30:15 two daughters (i.e. Sheʾôl & the barren womb, cf. Comm.) e.g. Proverbs 30:15
- 8. of vine = branch בָּנוֹת צָֽעֲדָה עֲלֵי־שׁוּר Gn 49:22 cf. Di & v. sub בֵּן. e.g. Genesis 49:22
- 9. as n. relat. (all P), of age of woman בַּת־תִּשְׁעִים שָׁנָה Gn 17:17; of ewe-lamb בַּת־שְׁנָתָהּ Lv 14:10 Nu 6:14; of she-goat id. Nu 15:27. Cf. בֵּן. 9—ii. בַּת v. בתת p. 144. e.g. Genesis 17:17
בת II daughter v. sub בן.
בת III bath (a measure), בָּתָה, בַּתָּה v. בתת.
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.f. daughter (= בַּנְתְּ from בן; Ph. בת, MI בנת pl. maidens, Assyrian bintu WincklerSargon, Gloss., Arabic بِنْتٌ Sab. בת, בנת DHMZMG 1883, 391 CISiv. 1, No. 6. 21; Aramaic ܒܰܪܬ )—ב׳ abs. Ex 1:16 +; cstr. Gn 11:29 +; sf. בִּתִּי Dt 22:16 +; בִּתְּךָ Gn 29:18 +; בִּתֵּנוּ Gn 34:17 etc.; pl. בָּנוֹת Gn 5:4 +; cstr. בְּנוֹת Gn 6:2 +; sf. בְּנֹתַי Gn 31:26 +; בְּנוֹתֶיךָ Gn 19:12 +; בְּנֹתָם Gn 34:21; בְּנוֹתֵיהֶם Dt 12:31 +, etc.;—
II. daughter v. sub בן.
III. bath (a measure), בָּתָה, בַּתָּה v. בתת.
IV. n.m. Ez 45:14 (f. Is 5:10) bath (Thes al. from above √ in sense of define, measure; cf. τέμνω; LagOr. ii. 10 f. makes = בדת, = בד + fem. ת; cf. Syriac ܒܕ, instrument for pressing olives; cf. Epiphan. βάδος = ἐλαιοτριβεῖον; & βάδος also Hesych. JosAnt. viii, 2, 9 but ed. Niese βάτους, βάτος)—בּ׳ abs. Is 5:10 + 6 times; (בָּ֑ת Ez 45:11) cstr. Ez 45:10; pl. בַּתִּים 2 Ch 2:9(×2) + 3 times;—a liquid measure = אֵיפָה of dry measure, each being 1/10 חֹמֶר (q.v.) Ez 45:11(×2), 14(×2); also Is 5:10 1 K 7:26, 38 2 Ch 2:9(×2), 4:5 + Ez 45:14(×2) (4 times in this v., Co del. a & d). Ez 45:10 בַּת־צֶדֶק a righteous (right, accurate, full) bath (‖ אֵיפַת־צֶדֶק). The actual size of bath (= ephah) is appar. c. 40 litres (= Attic metretes cf. JosAnt. viii, 2, 9; = 39.39 lit. cf. Boeckh Metrol. Untersuch. 259 f.; v. also J. Brandis Münz- Mass- u. Gewichtswesen 29 f. Smith Dict. Bible, art. Weights & Measures RiHWB 934 f.).—i. בַּת v. sub בֵּן.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from בנה (bânâh) (H1129) — to build.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
בַּת I
- daughter; maiden, girl; servant-girl (opp. שפחה slave). Gitt. 89ᵃ בת לא"א a daughter of Abraham our father, a Jewess. B. Bath. 109ᵃ בן וב׳ כי הדדי נינהו son and daughter are legally the same. Kidd. II, 3 בת או שפחה גדלת (Bab. ed. מגוד׳) a maid or a slave as hair-dresser; a. fr.—Pl. בָּנוֹת, constr. בְּנוֹת. Sabb. VI, 6 הבָּ׳ girls. Kidd. 64ᵃ בְּ׳ ישראל מקוה וכ׳ Israelitish daughters (married to a degraded priest, v. חָלָל) are a well of purification (means of restoration to priestly ranks); a. fr.—Also Ch. בַּת (v. בְּרַת). Targ. Deut. XV, 12.—Mostly in compounds. Targ. I Sam. I, 16 ב׳ רשעא (h. text בת בליעל); v. infra.—[Y. Keth. II, 26ᵈ bot., read: בתר איתתיה. Y. Gitt. IX, 50ᵈ top כבת יוני, read: כתב.]
- a. בְּנוֹת (v. בֵּן, בַּר): ב׳ אור fuel, fit for fuel. Sabb. 25ᵇ. בנות אזנים, v. אֹזֶן.—בת ארעא a sore on the foot, v. אַרְעָא. Sabb. 65ᵃ (Mish. צנים).—ב׳ מזגא חמרא Little Wine-Mixer, name of a clean bird. Ḥull. 63ᵃ top.—ב׳ מינא of the same class or size. Ab. Zar. 28ᵃ.—ב׳ מלך, ב׳ חורין King’s, Noblemen’s Daughter, name of a demon. Sabb. 109ᵃ. [ב׳ עין, Ex. R. s. 30, some ed., v. בָּבָה.]—בת עינא the hole in the millstone through which the grain passes. M. Kat. 10ᵃ (Ms. M. בית טינא).—בת קבריא a species of raven. Esth. R. to I, 4, v. גַּלְגֵּל.—ב׳ קול
- 1. echo, reverberating sound. Ex. R. s. 29, end. Cant. R. to I, 3 as the oil (when poured out) אין לו ב׳ קול gives forth no reverberating sound, so does Israel (suffer silently).
- 2. Bath-Kol, divine voice, a sort of substitute for prophecy. Yoma 9ᵇ; a. fr.—בְּנוֹת שֶׁבַע a species of figs, v. בְּרַת. Maasr. II, 8; a. fr.—ב׳ שׁוּחַ a species of white figs. Dem. I, 1; a. e.—ב׳ שקמה young sycamore-figs. Ib.; Ber. 40ᵇ, v. דּוּבְלָא.—בת תיהא the small bung-hole in the spicket, to be opened for examining the flavor of the wine. Ab. Zar. 66ᵇ.—[For other compounds, v. respective determinants.]—Chald. pl., v. בְּרַת.
בַּת II
- , adv. בְּבַת [daughter, product of], בב׳ ראש (= בב׳ זקירת ראש) headlong; בב׳ אחת (= בב׳ עשייה אחת, בב׳ כתיבה &c.), at once, simultaneously, suddenly. Yoma 38ᵇ נזקרים בב׳ ר׳ לאחוריהם (Ms. M. בב׳אחת) staggered backward with a sudden movement (enchanted with the beauty of the music); Cant. R. to III, 6 נסקרין וכ׳; Y. Shek. V, 48ᵈ bot. נזקרין לו בת ראש (read בב׳) rushed forward to him headlong (to congratulate him). Yoma 67ᵇ זוקרו בב׳ ר׳ Ar. a. Ms. Oxf. (ed. זורקו) he pushes the scapegoat down the precipice headlong. Succ. 14ᵇ כדי שיזדקר בה גדי בב׳ ר׳ (Ms. M. גדי ראשו בב׳ אחת …, read בב׳ ראשו) wide enough for a goat to leap through with one headlong rush. Erub. 16ᵃ כדי שלא יזד׳ הגדי בב׳ ר׳ (Ms. M. … שלא ירקד הגדי בב׳ א׳; Tosef. Kil. IV, 6 … שלא יכנס הגדי; Erub. l. c. bot. בב׳ א׳) less space than a goat would require &c.—Yoma 38ᵇ היה כותבה בב׳ א׳ would write a word of four letters (with four pens between his fingers) at a time. Pes. 86ᵇ who empties his goblet בב׳ א׳ in one draught. Num. R. s. 4 they did not drop the curtain בב׳ א׳ at once, opp. קימעא קימעא; a. fr.
בַּת III
- c. (b. h.) bath, a measure; v. בֵּיתָא II.
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Forms in the corpus
The 243 distinct written forms H1323 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 183 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H1323, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- אבן ʼeben H68 stone
- בית bayith H1004 house
- בן bên H1121 son
- בנא bᵉnâʼ H1124 to build
- בניה binyâh H1140 building
- בנין binyân H1146 building
- מבנה mibneh H4011 building
- תבן teben H8401 stubble
- תבנית tabnîyth H8403 pattern
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- בנוי Binnûwy H1131 Binnui
- בני Bânîy H1137 Bani
- בני Bunnîy H1138 Bunni
- בניה Bᵉnâyâh H1141 Benaiah
- יבנאל Yabnᵉʼêl H2995 Jabneel
- יבנה Yabneh H2996 Jabneh
- יבניה Yibnᵉyâh H2997 Ibneiah
- יבניה Yibnîyâh H2998 Ibnijah
- מבני Mᵉbunnay H4012 Mebunnai
- בתיה Bithyâh H1332 Bithiah
- בת רבים Bath Rabbîym H1337 Bath-rabbim
- בתשבע Bath-Shebaʻ H1339 Bath-sheba
- בתשוע Bath-Shûwaʻ H1340 Bath-shua
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 24 — not the complete family. 13 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 466 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 498 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 5:4
- Exodus 1:16
- Leviticus 10:14
- Numbers 6:14
- Deuteronomy 5:14
- Joshua 7:24
- Judges 1:12
- Ruth 1:11
- 1 Samuel 1:4
- 2 Samuel 1:20
- 1 Kings 4:11
- 2 Kings 8:18
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