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
- Esther 2:7לְבַֽת׃ · daughterAnd Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died, Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter.
- Esther 2:15 (2×)בַּת־ · [was] the daughter; לְבַ֜ת · as his own daughterNow Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
- Esther 9:29בַת־ · daughterSo Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
- Job 1:2בָּנֽוֹת׃ · daughtersHe had seven sons and three daughters,
- Job 1:13וּבְנֹתָ֤יו · and daughtersOne day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
- Job 1:18וּבְנוֹתֶ֤יךָ · and daughtersWhile he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
- Job 30:29לִבְנ֥וֹתI have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
- Job 42:13בָּנֽוֹת׃ · daughtersAnd he also had seven sons and three daughters.
- Job 42:15כִּבְנ֥וֹת · daughtersNo women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
- Psalm 9:14בַת־ · of Daughter…that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
- Psalm 17:8בַּת־ · ofKeep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
- Psalm 45:9בְּנ֣וֹת · The daughtersThe daughters of kings are among your honored women; the queen stands at your right hand, adorned with the gold of Ophir.
- Psalm 45:10בַ֣ת · O daughterListen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
- Psalm 45:12וּבַֽת־ · The DaughterThe Daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; men of wealth will seek your favor.
- Psalm 45:13בַת־ · is the princessAll glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.
- Psalm 48:11בְּנ֣וֹת · the daughtersMount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
- Psalm 97:8בְּנ֣וֹת · and the townsZion hears and rejoices, and the towns of Judah exult because of Your judgments, O LORD.
- Psalm 106:37בְּנֽוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם · their daughtersThey sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.
- Psalm 106:38וּֽבְנוֹתֵיהֶ֗ם · and daughtersThey shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
- Psalm 137:8בַּת־ · O DaughterO Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- Psalm 144:12בְּנוֹתֵ֥ינוּ · our daughtersThen our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
- Proverbs 30:15בָנוֹת֮ · daughtersThe leech has two daughters: Give and Give. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
- Proverbs 31:29בָּ֭נוֹת · daughters“Many daughters have done noble things, but you surpass them all!”
- Ecclesiastes 12:4בְּנ֥וֹת · the daughters…when the doors to the street are shut and the sound of the mill fades away, when one rises at the sound of a bird and all the daughters of song grow faint,
- Song of Solomon 1:5בְּנ֖וֹת · O daughtersI am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
- Song of Solomon 2:2הַבָּנֽוֹת׃ · the maidensLike a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
- Song of Solomon 2:7בְּנ֤וֹת · O daughtersO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Song of Solomon 3:5בְּנ֤וֹת · O daughtersO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Song of Solomon 3:10מִבְּנ֖וֹת · by the daughtersHe has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
- Song of Solomon 3:11בְּנ֥וֹת · O daughtersCome out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
- Song of Solomon 5:8בְּנ֣וֹת · O daughtersO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
- Song of Solomon 5:16בְּנ֖וֹת · O daughtersHis mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
- Song of Solomon 6:9בָנוֹת֙ · The maidens…but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.
- Song of Solomon 7:1בַּת־ · O daughterHow beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.
- Song of Solomon 8:4בְּנ֣וֹת · O daughtersO daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
- Isaiah 1:8בַת־ · And the DaughterAnd the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter in a vineyard, like a shack in a cucumber field, like a city besieged.
- Isaiah 3:16בְּנ֣וֹת · the daughtersThe LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—
- Isaiah 3:17בְּנ֣וֹת · of the daughters…the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
- Isaiah 4:4בְּנוֹת־ · of the daughters…when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
- Isaiah 10:30בַּת־ · O DaughterCry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!
- Isaiah 13:21בְּנ֣וֹתBut desert creatures will lie down there, and howling creatures will fill her houses. Ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats will leap about.
- Isaiah 16:1בַּת־ · of DaughterSend the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
- Isaiah 16:2בְּנ֣וֹת · the daughtersLike fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
- Isaiah 22:4בַּת־ · of the daughterTherefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
- Isaiah 23:10בַּת־ · O DaughterCultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
- Isaiah 23:12בַּת־ · DaughterHe said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”
- Isaiah 32:9בָּנוֹת֙ · daughtersStand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
- Isaiah 34:13לִבְנ֥וֹתHer towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.
- Isaiah 37:22בַּת־ · Daughter…this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.