What does בַּת (bat) mean in the Bible?
בַּת (bat): Daughter with expansive relational range: kinship, possession, vulnerability, and collective identity (cities, nations as daughters).
Hebrew · H1323
בַּת
A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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בַּת H1323
Pronunciation bat
What does בַּת (bat) mean in the Bible?
בַּת (bat): Daughter with expansive relational range: kinship, possession, vulnerability, and collective identity (cities, nations as daughters).
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1323?
The BSB source-word alignment has 586 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include daughter (94), and daughters (72), the daughter (44), daughters (37), O daughter (24).
Where does בַּת (bat) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 5:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (110), Jeremiah (41), Ezekiel (37), 1 Chronicles (29).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It daughter 94× Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47, Genesis 26:34, Genesis 29:18
and daughters 72× Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13
the daughter 44× Genesis 20:12, Genesis 24:47, Genesis 25:20, Genesis 29:10
daughters 37× Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:30
O daughter 24× Psalms 45:10, Psalms 137:8, Song Of Solomon 7:1, Isaiah 10:30
the daughters 21× Genesis 6:2, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 34:1, Numbers 25:1
- 18× Leviticus 20:17, Joshua 17:11, Judges 1:27, Judges 11:26
of the daughter 16× Isaiah 22:4, Jeremiah 4:31, Jeremiah 8:11, Jeremiah 8:19
a daughter 14× Genesis 30:21, Exodus 1:16, Exodus 21:9, Exodus 21:31
his daughter 11× Genesis 29:6, Genesis 29:23, Genesis 29:28, Genesis 34:5
my daughter 11× Deuteronomy 22:16, Joshua 15:16, Judges 1:12, Ruth 2:2
and its villages 10× Numbers 32:42, 1 Chronicles 7:28, 1 Chronicles 18:1, Nehemiah 11:27
. . . 9× Genesis 17:17, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 27:46, Genesis 31:50
O daughters 9× 2 Samuel 1:24, Song Of Solomon 1:5, Song Of Solomon 2:7, Song Of Solomon 3:5
your daughters 9× Genesis 34:9, Genesis 34:16, Deuteronomy 7:3, 1 Samuel 8:13
our daughters 7× Genesis 34:9, Genesis 34:16, Genesis 34:21, Judges 21:7
their daughters 7× Genesis 34:21, Exodus 34:16, Deuteronomy 7:3, Ezra 9:12
to his daughter 6× Genesis 29:24, Genesis 29:29, Genesis 46:18, Genesis 46:25
vvv 6× Leviticus 11:16, Deuteronomy 14:15, Job 30:29, Isaiah 13:21
and her daughters 5× Ezekiel 16:48, Ezekiel 16:49, Ezekiel 16:53, Ezekiel 30:18
and your daughters 5× Nehemiah 4:14, Isaiah 60:4, Jeremiah 48:46, Ezekiel 16:48
your daughter 5× Genesis 34:8, Leviticus 19:29, Deuteronomy 22:17, 2 Kings 14:9
my daughters 4× Genesis 31:50, Ruth 1:11, Ruth 1:12, Ruth 1:13
or daughter 4× Exodus 20:10, Deuteronomy 18:10, 1 Samuel 30:19, 2 Kings 23:10
with her daughters 4× Ezekiel 16:46, Ezekiel 16:55
with its towns 4× Joshua 15:45, Joshua 15:47, Joshua 17:16
woman 4× Genesis 28:6, Exodus 2:1, Judges 14:1, 1 Samuel 1:16
and the daughters 3× Genesis 24:13, 2 Samuel 1:20, Ezekiel 32:18
from the daughters 3× Genesis 24:3, Genesis 24:37, Genesis 36:2
or daughters 3× Genesis 19:12, Jeremiah 16:2, Ezekiel 14:18
the granddaughter 3× Genesis 24:48, 2 Kings 8:26, 2 Chronicles 22:2
women 3× Genesis 27:46, Genesis 28:1, Genesis 28:8
and granddaughter 2× Genesis 36:2, Genesis 36:14
And the Daughter 2× Isaiah 1:8, Daniel 11:6
and their villages 2× Judges 1:27, Judges 11:26
by the daughters 2× Song Of Solomon 3:10, Ezekiel 16:57
his daughters 2× Genesis 19:14, Nehemiah 3:12
its villages 2× Numbers 21:25, Numbers 21:32
of Daughter 2× Psalms 9:14, Isaiah 16:1
of his daughters 2× Numbers 27:1, Joshua 17:3
of the daughters 2× Isaiah 3:17, Isaiah 4:4
the daughter of 2× Deuteronomy 27:22
the maidens 2× Song Of Solomon 2:2, Song Of Solomon 6:9
to the Daughter 2× Micah 1:13, Micah 4:8
with its villages 2× 1 Chronicles 8:12, Nehemiah 11:31
[and] daughter 1× Genesis 28:9
[and] his daughters 1× Genesis 46:7
[but] the daughter 1× Lamentations 4:3
[one] of the daughters 1× Exodus 6:25
[or] daughter 1× Deuteronomy 5:14
[These] daughters 1× Genesis 31:43
[was] the daughter 1× Esther 2:15
a year old 1× Leviticus 14:10
a year-old 1× Numbers 15:27
a young woman 1× Judges 14:3
along with the daughter 1× 1 Kings 11:1
along with their villages 1× 2 Chronicles 13:19
am the daughter 1× Genesis 24:24
and 1× Isaiah 43:20
and a young daughter 1× Numbers 30:16
and by the daughters 1× Ezekiel 16:57
and carried off my daughters 1× Genesis 31:26
and daughter 1× Deuteronomy 28:56
and daughters as well 1× Ezekiel 24:25
and granddaughters 1× Genesis 46:7
and her daughter 1× Leviticus 18:17
and his daughters 1× Numbers 21:29
and its towns 1× 1 Chronicles 5:16
and My daughters 1× Isaiah 43:6
and my daughters { goodbye } 1× Genesis 31:28
and the towns 1× Psalms 97:8
and the villages 1× Ezekiel 26:6
are my daughters 1× Genesis 31:43
are the daughter 1× Ezekiel 16:45
as daughters 1× Ezekiel 16:61
as his own daughter 1× Esther 2:15
concerning the daughters 1× Numbers 36:6
each with their surrounding settlements 1× Joshua 17:11
for a daughter 1× Leviticus 12:6
for the Daughter 1× Lamentations 2:5
from 1× Genesis 27:46
from among the daughters 1× Genesis 28:2
gave his daughter 1× 1 Chronicles 2:35
give your daughters 1× Nehemiah 13:25
He will give him a daughter 1× Daniel 11:17
his daughter in marriage 1× 1 Samuel 17:25
in addition to his daughter 1× Genesis 46:15
is the princess 1× Psalms 45:13
like 1× Micah 1:8
like a daughter 1× 2 Samuel 12:3
like daughter 1× Ezekiel 16:44
Not my daughter 1× Judges 11:35
Now the daughters 1× Numbers 27:1
of 1× Psalms 17:8
of [her] 1× Deuteronomy 22:17
of [his] daughters 1× Numbers 26:33
only daughters 1× 1 Chronicles 7:15
or her daughter’s 1× Leviticus 18:17
or their daughters 1× Jeremiah 14:16
our daughters {in marriage} 1× Nehemiah 10:30
our sister 1× Genesis 34:17
people 1× Zephaniah 3:10
She was also a daughter 1× Numbers 26:59
she was the daughter 1× Genesis 11:29
So the daughters 1× Numbers 36:10
some of their daughters 1× Exodus 34:16
some of their daughters [as wives] 1× Ezra 9:2
Soon the daughter 1× Exodus 2:5
surrounding 1× 1 Chronicles 2:23
the daughters [of these people] 1× Judges 3:6
the villages 1× Ezekiel 26:8
the women 1× Genesis 30:13
the young women 1× Judges 11:40
their own daughters 1× Judges 3:6
to Daughter 1× Isaiah 62:11
to his daughters 1× Numbers 36:2
together with their villages 1× 1 Chronicles 7:29
was his daughter 1× Judges 11:34
whether the daughter 1× Leviticus 20:17
whose branches 1× Genesis 49:22
will give his daughter 1× Judges 21:1
with the Daughter 1× Zechariah 2:7
with their villages 1× 2 Chronicles 28:18
wives 1× Judges 12:9
would take your daughters 1× Genesis 31:31
year-old 1× Numbers 6:14
your daughter’s 1× Leviticus 18:10
your daughters {in marriage} 1× Ezra 9:12
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 5:4 וּבָנֽוֹת׃ to and daughters Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Genesis 5:7 וּבָנֽוֹת׃ to and daughters Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Genesis 5:10 וּבָנֽוֹת׃ to and daughters Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Genesis 5:13 וּבָנֽוֹת׃ to and daughters Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Genesis 5:16 וּבָנֽוֹת׃ to and daughters Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Genesis 5:19 וּבָנֽוֹת׃ to and daughters Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Genesis 5:22 וּבָנֽוֹת׃ to and daughters Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Genesis 5:26 וּבָנֽוֹת׃ to and daughters Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Genesis 5:30 וּבָנֽוֹת׃ to and daughters Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural Genesis 6:1 וּבָנ֖וֹת to and daughters Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 5:4
Aligned rows 586
Books represented 34
Genesis 110 Exodus 23 Leviticus 23 Numbers 26 Deuteronomy 22 Joshua 16 Judges 27 Ruth 11 1 Samuel 16 2 Samuel 20 1 Kings 11 2 Kings 17 1 Chronicles 29 2 Chronicles 26 Ezra 4 Nehemiah 18 Esther 5 Job 6 Psalms 12 Proverbs 2 Ecclesiastes 1 Song Of Solomon 11 Isaiah 25 Jeremiah 41 Lamentations 22 Ezekiel 37 Daniel 2 Hosea 4 Joel 2 Amos 1 Micah 8 Zephaniah 3 Zechariah 4 Malachi 1
Source forms
בַּת־ 146x baṯ- Genesis 11:29, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:24, Genesis 24:47
בַת־ 30x ḇaṯ- Genesis 20:12, Genesis 36:14, Leviticus 18:9, Leviticus 20:17
בְּנ֣וֹת 27x bə·nō·wṯ Genesis 6:2, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 27:46, Genesis 28:8
וּבָנֽוֹת׃ 12x ū·ḇā·nō·wṯ Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13
בְּנ֥וֹת 8x bə·nō·wṯ Numbers 25:1, Numbers 36:10, 2 Samuel 1:20, Ecclesiastes 12:4
וּבָנֽוֹת׃ס 8x ū·ḇā·nō·wṯ Genesis 11:11, Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Genesis 11:17
בַּ֖ת 7x baṯ Genesis 36:39, 2 Kings 19:21, 1 Chronicles 1:50, Isaiah 37:22
בָּנ֑וֹת 6x bā·nō·wṯ Genesis 30:13, Exodus 2:16, Numbers 26:33, Joshua 17:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine singular construct 194x Genesis 11:29, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:24
Noun - feminine plural construct 46x Genesis 6:2, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 19:36, Genesis 27:46
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person feminine singular 38x Joshua 15:45, Joshua 17:11, Joshua 17:16, 1 Samuel 1:4
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural 32x Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13
Noun - feminine plural 23x Genesis 19:8, Genesis 29:16, Genesis 30:13, Genesis 49:22
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular 20x Genesis 29:6, Genesis 29:23, Genesis 29:24, Genesis 29:28
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct 16x Genesis 24:3, Genesis 24:37, Genesis 27:46, Genesis 28:1
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular 15x Deuteronomy 22:16, Deuteronomy 22:17, Joshua 15:16, Judges 1:12
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Daughter with expansive relational range: kinship, possession, vulnerability, and collective identity (cities, nations as daughters).
Source Gloss
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Daughter with expansive relational range: kinship, possession, vulnerability, and collective identity (cities, nations as daughters).
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) BDB: daughter Usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, × first, × old, owl, town, village.
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
Literal offspring of humans, objects of desire and marriage in primordial narrative
Literal female child born, subject of purification law and ritual prescriptions
Figurative term for cities or peoples personified, expressing lamentation over destruction
Figurative reference to offspring or inhabitants of a place under divine judgment
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