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Lexicon :: Strong's H1323 - baṯ

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בַּת
Transliteration
baṯ
Pronunciation
bath
Part of Speech
feminine noun, proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From בָּנָה (H1129) and בֵּן (H1121)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 254b

Strong’s Definitions

בַּת bath, bath; from H1129 (as feminine of H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively):—apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, × first, × old, owl, town, village.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 588x

The KJV translates Strong's H1323 in the following manner: daughter (526x), town (32x), village (12x), owl (with H3284) (8x), first (3x), apple (1x), branches (1x), children (1x), company (1x), daughter (with H8676) (1x), eye (1x), old (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 588x
The KJV translates Strong's H1323 in the following manner: daughter (526x), town (32x), village (12x), owl (with H3284) (8x), first (3x), apple (1x), branches (1x), children (1x), company (1x), daughter (with H8676) (1x), eye (1x), old (1x).
feminine noun

  1. daughter

    1. daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin

      1. as polite address

        proper feminine noun

      2. as designation of women of a particular place

      3. as personification

      4. daughter-villages

      5. description of character

  2. young women, women

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בַּת bath, bath; from H1129 (as feminine of H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively):—apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, × first, × old, owl, town, village.
STRONGS H1323: Abbreviations
I. בַּת 587 noun feminine daughter (= *בַּנְתְּ from בן; Phoenician בת, MI בנת plural maidens, Assyrian bintu WincklerSargon, Glossary, Arabic بِنْتٌ; Sabean בת, בנת DHMZMG 1883, 391 CISiv. l, No. 6. 21; Aramaic Trfb) — ב׳ absolute Exodus 1:16 +; construct Genesis 11:29 +; suffix בִּתִּי Deuteronomy 22:16 +; בִּתְּךָ Genesis 29:18 +; בִּתֵּנוּ Genesis 34:17 etc.; plural בָּנוֺת Genesis 5:4 +; construct בְּנוֺת Genesis 6:2 +; suffix בְּנֹתַי Genesis 31:26+; בְּנוֺתֶיךָ Genesis 19:12 +; בְּנֹתָם Genesis 34:21; בְּנוֺתֵיהֶם Deuteronomy 12:31 +, etc.; —
1. daughter, female child, born of a woman Genesis 30:21; Genesis 34:1; Exodus 1:16, 22; Exodus 21:4; Leviticus 12:6; Hosea 1:6 compare Genesis 20:12; Leviticus 18:9; Deuteronomy 27:22 +; begotten by a man Genesis 5:4, 7, 10; Genesis 11:11, 13, 15 compare Genesis 11:29; Genesis 19:8; Genesis 20:12; Genesis 28:2; Leviticus 19:9; Deuteronomy 27:22 +; often || בֵּן son Genesis 5:4, 7 + (see H1121 בֵּן); compare in allegory of Jehoash 2 Kings 14:9 2 Chronicles 25:18; note especially בְּנוֺת הָאָדָם i.e. human women Genesis 6:2, 4; הַקְּטַנָּה בִּתְּךָ thy younger daughter Genesis 29:18 (compare הַצְּעִירָה Genesis 29:26 opposed to הַבְּכִירָה); בִּתִּי הַגְּדוֺלָה my eldest daughter 1 Samuel 18:17; בַּת־(הַ)מֶּלֶךְ = princess 2 Chronicles 22:11; 2 Kings 9:34; Daniel 11:6 compare 2 Samuel 13:18; Jeremiah 41:10; Jeremiah 43:6; Psalm 45:10; compare as term of praise בַּת־נָדִיב Songs 7:2; in particular
†a. girl called בִּתֵּנוּ by father and brothers Genesis 34:17 compare בִּתְּכֶם Genesis 34:8.
†b. of adopted daughter Esther 2:7, 15.
†c. used in speaking to daughter-in-law Ruth 1:11, 12, 13; Ruth 2:2, 8, 22; Ruth 3:1, 16, 18.
†d. בַּת־אָבִיו=sister Ezekiel 22:11 (appositive אחזתו); also half-sister Genesis 20:12 בַּת־אָבִי אַךְ לֹא בַת־אִמִּי, compare Leviticus 18:9 & Leviticus 18:11 בַּת־אֵשֶׁת אָבִיךָ, Leviticus 20:17.
†e. בַּת־דֹּדוֺ = cousin Esther 2:7.
†f. used in kindly address, בִּתִּי Ruth 3:10, 11 (Boaz to Ruth), compare Psalm 45:11; בְּנוֺתַי in mouth of י׳ Isaiah 43:6 (|| בָּנַי).
†g. בְּנוֺת בָּנָיו = granddaughters Genesis 46:7 (P) compare Leviticus 18:10 & Leviticus 18:17 (H); note also Genesis 37:35, where בנותיו must include other than actual daughters.
h. רִבְקָה בַּת־בְּתוּאֵל (as more precise designation) Genesis 25:20; compare Genesis 24:23, 24, 47 (twice in verse); also Genesis 26:34 (twice in verse); Genesis 29:10 +; note especially † בַּת־ פַּרְעֹה (without personal name) Exodus 2:5, 7, 8, 9, 10 compare 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 7:8; 1 Kings 9:24; 1 Kings 11:1; 2 Chronicles 8:11; שׁוּע וּשְׁמוֹ כְּנַעֲנִי בַּת־אִישׁ Genesis 38:2 compare Genesis 38:12 (but compare 1 Chronicles 2:3 below בַּת־שׁוּעַ proper name, feminine below).
†i. often plural as designation of women of a particular city, land, or people: בְּנוֺת צִיּוֺן Isaiah 3:16, 17; Isaiah 4:4; Songs 3:11 compare Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 60:4; Lamentations 3:51; בְּנוֺת יְרוּשָׁלַם Songs 1:5; Songs 2:7; Songs 3:5, 10; Songs 5:8, 16; Songs 8:4; בְּנוֺת־שִׁילוֺ Judges 21:21 (twice in verse); בְּנוֺת רַבָּה Jeremiah 49:3; observe transitional phrase בְּנוֺת אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר Genesis 24:13; further בְּנוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן Genesis 28:1, 6, 8; Genesis 36:2 (all P) compare הַכְּנַעֲנִי ב׳ Genesis 24:3, 37 (J); בְּנוֺת הָאָרֶץ Genesis 27:46; Genesis 34:1 (both P); בְּנוֺת מוֺאָב Numbers 25:1; Isaiah 16:2 compare Numbers 21:29; חֵת ב׳ Genesis 27:46 (twice in verse) (P); מְּלִשְׁתִּים ב׳ Judges 14:1, 2; 2 Samuel 1:20 || הָֽעֲרֵלִים ב׳ 2 Samuel 1:20 (poetry); יִשְׂרָאֵל ב׳ Judges 11:40; 1 Samuel 1:24 (poetry); יְהוּרָה ב׳ Psalm 48:12; Psalm 97:8; מְנַשֶּׁה ב׳ Joshua 17:6; דָּן ב׳ 2 Chronicles 2:13; compare בַּת־לַוֵי Exodus 2:1 i.e. a woman of tribe of Levi; also אַחֶיךָ ב׳ Judges 14:3; עַמֶּ֑ךָ ב׳ Ezekiel 13:17. — בֵּת־צִיּוֺן etc. see below 3 below
†2. young women, women Genesis 30:13 (J) Proverbs 31:29; Songs 2:2; Songs 6:9; בָּנוֺת בֹּטְחוֺת Isaiah 32:9; also בַּת הַנָּשִׁים Daniel 11:17.
†3. with name of city, land, or people, poetic personification of that city or inhabitants, etc.: בַּת־צִיּוֺן Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 10:32; Isaiah 16:1; Isaiah 62:11; Micah 1:13; Micah 4:8, 10, 13; Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 6:2, 23; Zephaniah 3:14; Zechariah 2:14; Zechariah 9:9; Psalm 9:15; Lamentations 1:6; Lamentations 2:1, 4; Lamentations 4:22; even זִקְנֵי בת־ציון Lamentations 2:10; צ׳ חוֺמַת ב׳ Lamentations 2:8; Lamentations 2:18; also ־צ׳בְּתוּלַת ב׳ 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; Lamentations 2:13; ־צ׳שְׁבִּיָּה ב׳ Isaiah 52:2; יְרוּשָׁלַם ב׳ 2 Kings 19:21 = Isaiah 37:22; Micah 4:8; Zephaniah 3:14; Zechariah 9:9; Lamentations 2:13, 15; compare בּת־פּוּצַי Zephaniah 3:10 daughter of my dispersed ones; בַּת־צֹר Psalm 45:13; בָּבֶל ב׳ Jeremiah 50:42; Jeremiah 51:33; Psalm 137:8; בָּבֶל בְּתוּלַת ב׳ Isaiah 47:1; see further Zechariah 2:11; also of Tarshish Isaiah 23:10, Sidon Isaiah 23:12 (+ בְּתוּלַת), Dibon Jeremiah 48:18 (+ יוֺשֶׁבֶת), Gallim Isaiah 10:30; בְּתוּלַת ־יְהוּדָהב׳ Lamentations 1:15; compare מִבְצְרֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה Lamentations 2:2; בַּת־עַמִּי daughter of my people Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 4:11; Jeremiah 6:14, 26; Jeremiah 8:11, 19, 21, 22; Jeremiah 8:23; Jeremiah 9:6; Lamentations 3:48; Lamentations 4:3, 6, 10, י׳ בְּתוּלַת ב׳ Jeremiah 14:17; בַּת־מִצְרָ֑יִם Jeremiah 46:24; also Jeremiah 46:11 (+ בְּתוּלַת), Jeremiah 46:19 (+ יוֺשֶׁבֶת); אֱדוֺם ב׳ Lamentations 4:21, 22; כַּשְׂדִּים ב׳ Isaiah 47:1, 5; note הַבַּת הַשּׁוֺבֵבָ֑ה Jeremiah 31:22 (|| בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל Jeremiah 31:21) Jeremiah 49:4 (= Ammon); on בַּת־אֲשֻׁרִים Ezekiel 27:6 see below אֲשֻׁרִים; less often in plural בְּנוֺת הַגּוֺיִם Ezekiel 32:16; אַדִּרִם גּ׳ ב׳ Ezekiel 32:18 (these perhaps below 1i); פְּלִשְׁתִּים בְּנוֺת Ezekiel 16:27 (in allegory); compare also of Sodom, Samaria, Syria etc. Ezekiel 16:44; Ezekiel 16:45; Ezekiel 16:46 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 16:53; Ezekiel 16:55 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 16:57 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 23:2.
4. plural = villages, after name of city, וּבְחֶשְׁבּוֺן וּבְכָל־בְּנֹתֶיהָ Numbers 21:25 compare Numbers 21:32; Numbers 32:42 (E) Joshua 15:45, 47 (twice in verse) (J E ?) + Joshua 15:28 Di, Joshua 17:11 (6 times) Joshua 17:16 (J) = Judges 1:27 (4 times in verse); Judges 11:26 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 49:2 + 17 times; Chronicles + 6 times; Nehemiah 11:25-31. On 1 Chronicles 18:1 & its variation from || 2 Samuel 8:1 see We Dr.
5. in phrases denoting character, quality, etc., בַּת־אֵל נֵכָר daughter of a strange god, i.e. idolatrous (woman or people) Malachi 2:11; בַּת־גְּדוּר daughter of a troop, i.e. war-like city Micah 4:14; בְּנוֺת הַשִּׁיר Ecclesiastes 12:4 the daughters of song, i.e. songs, melodious notes; בַּת־בְּלִיַּעַל 1 Samuel 1:16 see H1100 בְּלִיַּעַל.
†6. בַּת יַעֲנָה = ostrich Leviticus 11:16 = Deuteronomy 14:15; plural בְּנוֺת יַעֲנָה Job 30:29; Micah 1:8; Isaiah 13:21; Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 43:20; Jeremiah 50:39 (see H3284 יַעֲנָה); בַּת־עַיִן pupil of the eye Lamentations 2:18 compare Ethiopic ብንተ፡ ዐደን፡ see also H380 אישׁוֺן.
7. figurative לַעֲלוּקָה שְׁתֵּי בָנוֺת Proverbs 30:15 two daughters (i.e. Sheôl & the barren womb, compare Comm.)
†8. of vine = branch בָּנוֺת צָֽעֲרָה עֲלֵי־שׁוּר Genesis 49:22 compare Di & see below H1121 בֵּן.
†9. as noun relative (all P), of age of woman בַּת־תִּשְׁעִים שָׁנָה Genesis 17:17; of ewe-lamb בַּת־שְׁנָתָהּ Leviticus 14:10; Numbers 6:14; of she-goat id. Numbers 15:27.
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Genesis

5:4; 5:4; 5:4; 5:7; 5:7; 5:10; 6:2; 6:2; 6:4; 11:11; 11:13; 11:15; 11:29; 11:29; 17:17; 19:8; 19:12; 20:12; 20:12; 20:12; 24:3; 24:13; 24:23; 24:24; 24:37; 24:47; 25:20; 26:34; 27:46; 27:46; 28:1; 28:2; 28:6; 28:8; 29:10; 29:18; 29:18; 29:26; 30:13; 30:21; 31:26; 34:1; 34:1; 34:8; 34:17; 34:17; 34:21; 36:2; 37:35; 38:2; 38:12; 46:7; 49:22

Exodus

1:16; 1:16; 1:22; 2:1; 2:5; 2:7; 2:8; 2:9; 2:10; 21:4

Leviticus

11:16; 12:6; 14:10; 18:9; 18:9; 18:10; 18:11; 18:17; 19:9; 20:17

Numbers

6:14; 15:27; 21:25; 21:29; 21:32; 25:1; 32:42

Deuteronomy

12:31; 14:15; 22:16; 27:22; 27:22

Joshua

15:28; 15:45; 15:47; 17:6; 17:11; 17:16

Judges

1:27; 11:26; 11:40; 14:1; 14:2; 14:3; 21:21

Ruth

1:11; 1:12; 1:13; 2:2; 2:8; 2:22; 3:1; 3:10; 3:11; 3:16; 3:18

1 Samuel

1:16; 1:24; 18:17

2 Samuel

1:20; 1:20; 8:1; 13:18

1 Kings

3:1; 7:8; 9:24; 11:1

2 Kings

9:34; 14:9; 19:21; 19:21

1 Chronicles

2:3; 18:1

2 Chronicles

2:13; 8:11; 22:11; 25:18

Nehemiah

11:25; 11:26; 11:27; 11:28; 11:29; 11:30; 11:31

Esther

2:7; 2:7; 2:15

Job

30:29

Psalms

9:15; 45:10; 45:11; 45:13; 48:12; 97:8; 137:8

Proverbs

30:15; 31:29

Ecclesiastes

12:4

Song of Songs

1:5; 2:2; 2:7; 3:5; 3:10; 3:11; 5:8; 5:16; 6:9; 7:2; 8:4

Isaiah

1:8; 3:16; 3:17; 4:4; 10:30; 10:32; 13:21; 16:1; 16:2; 22:4; 23:10; 23:12; 32:9; 34:13; 37:22; 37:22; 43:6; 43:20; 47:1; 47:1; 47:5; 49:22; 52:2; 60:4; 62:11

Jeremiah

4:11; 4:31; 6:2; 6:14; 6:23; 6:26; 8:11; 8:19; 8:21; 8:22; 9:6; 14:17; 31:21; 31:22; 41:10; 43:6; 46:11; 46:19; 46:24; 48:18; 49:2; 49:3; 49:4; 50:39; 50:42; 51:33

Lamentations

1:6; 1:15; 2:1; 2:2; 2:4; 2:8; 2:10; 2:13; 2:13; 2:15; 2:18; 2:18; 3:48; 3:51; 4:3; 4:6; 4:10; 4:21; 4:22; 4:22

Ezekiel

13:17; 16:27; 16:44; 16:45; 16:46; 16:53; 16:55; 16:57; 22:11; 23:2; 27:6; 32:16; 32:18

Daniel

11:6; 11:17

Hosea

1:6

Micah

1:8; 1:13; 4:8; 4:8; 4:10; 4:13

Zephaniah

3:10; 3:14; 3:14

Zechariah

2:11; 9:9; 9:9

Malachi

2:11