This word comes from the name of Bath-shua.
Definition
from H1129 (as feminine of H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Traditional renderings: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, × first, × old, owl, town, village.
Traditional renderings: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, × first, × old, owl, town, village.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
586 total
- Genesis 28:9בַּת־ · [and] daughterEsau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
- Genesis 29:6בִּתּ֔וֹ · his daughter“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
- Genesis 29:10בַּת־ · the daughterAs soon as Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his mother’s brother Laban, with Laban’s sheep, he went up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered his uncle’s sheep.
- Genesis 29:16בָנ֑וֹת · daughtersNow Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
- Genesis 29:18בִּתְּךָ֖ · daughterSince Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
- Genesis 29:23בִתּ֔וֹ · his daughterBut when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
- Genesis 29:24בִתּ֖וֹ · to his daughterAnd Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
- Genesis 29:28בִּתּ֖וֹ · his daughterAnd Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
- Genesis 29:29בִּתּ֔וֹ · to his daughterLaban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.
- Genesis 30:13בָּנ֑וֹת · the womenLeah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
- Genesis 30:21בַּ֑ת · a daughterAfter that, Leah gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah.
- Genesis 31:26בְּנֹתַ֔י · and carried off my daughtersThen Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done? You have deceived me and carried off my daughters like captives of war!
- Genesis 31:28וְלִבְנֹתָ֑י · and my daughters { goodbye }But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.
- Genesis 31:31בְּנוֹתֶ֖יךָ · would take your daughters“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
- Genesis 31:41בְנֹתֶ֔יךָ · daughtersThus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
- Genesis 31:43 (3×)הַבָּנ֨וֹת · [These] daughters; בְּנֹתַ֜י · are my daughters; וְלִבְנֹתַ֞י · daughtersBut Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?
- Genesis 31:50 (2×)בְּנֹתַ֗י · my daughters; בְּנֹתַ֔יIf you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
- Genesis 31:55וְלִבְנוֹתָ֖יו · and daughtersEarly the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.
- Genesis 34:1 (2×)בַּת־ · the daughter; בִּבְנ֥וֹת · the daughtersNow Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
- Genesis 34:3בַּֽת־ · the daughterAnd his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
- Genesis 34:5בִתּ֔וֹ · his daughterJacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.
- Genesis 34:7בַּֽת־ · daughterWhen Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
- Genesis 34:8בְּבִתְּכֶ֔ם · your daughterBut Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
- Genesis 34:9 (2×)בְּנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ · your daughters; בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּ · our daughtersIntermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.
- Genesis 34:16 (2×)בְּנֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙ · our daughters; בְּנֹתֵיכֶ֖ם · your daughtersThen we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.
- Genesis 34:17בִּתֵּ֖נוּ · our sisterBut if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”
- Genesis 34:19בְּבַֽת־ · daughterThe young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
- Genesis 34:21 (2×)בְּנֹתָם֙ · their daughters; בְּנֹתֵ֖ינוּ · our daughters“These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.
- Genesis 36:2 (4×)מִבְּנ֣וֹת · from the daughters; בַּת־ · daughter; בַּת־ · daughter; בַּת־ · and granddaughterEsau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,
- Genesis 36:3בַּת־ · daughter…and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.
- Genesis 36:6בְּנֹתָיו֮ · daughtersLater, Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the people of his household, along with his livestock, all his other animals, and all the property he had acquired in Canaan, and he moved to a land far away from his brother Jacob.
- Genesis 36:14 (2×)בַת־ · daughter; בַּת־ · and granddaughterThese are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah (daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon) whom she bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
- Genesis 36:18בַּת־ · the daughterThese are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. They are the chiefs descended from Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah.
- Genesis 36:25בַּת־ · daughterThese are the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah.
- Genesis 36:39 (2×)בַּת־ · daughter; בַּ֖ת · the daughterWhen Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
- Genesis 37:35בְּנֹתָ֜יו · and daughtersAll his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
- Genesis 38:2בַּת־ · the daughterThere Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.
- Genesis 38:12בַּת־ · the daughterAfter a long time Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. When Judah had finished mourning, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah.