Lexical Definition

‎בַּת‎ bath (bath) daughter ^H:N-F
from ‎בָּנָה‎ (as feminine of ‎בֵּן‎)

apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.

• a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

n f
1) daughter
1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin
1a1) as polite address
n pr f
1a2) as designation of women of a particular place
2) young women, women
1a3) as personification
1a4) daughter-villages
1a5) description of character

See Greek: ἀποθήκη · βάτος · γυνή · θῆλυς · θυγάτηρ · κεράμιον · κώμη · μετρητής · μέτρον · ὅριον · περίοικος

Extended Information

• Also means: bat (‎ב‎ַּ‎ת‎ ": village" בַּת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎בַּת‎₅₈₇ noun feminine daughter (= *‎בַּנְתְּ‎ from ‎בן‎; Phoenician ‎בת‎, MI ‎בנת‎ plural maidens, Assyrian bintu Winckler^{Sargon, Glossary,} Arabic ; Sabean ‎בת‎, ‎בנת‎ DHM^{ZMG 1883, 391} CIS^{iv. l, No. 6. 21}; Aramaic ) — ‎׳‎‎ב‎ absolute Exod 1:16 +; construct Gen 11:29 +; suffix ‎בִּתִּי‎ Deut 22:16 +; ‎בִּתְּךָ‎ Gen 29:18 +; ‎בִּתֵּנוּ‎ Gen 34:17 etc.; plural ‎בָּנוֺת‎ Gen 5:4 +; construct ‎בְּנוֺת‎ Gen 6:2 +; suffix ‎בְּנֹתַי‎ Gen 31:26+; ‎בְּנוֺתֶיךָ‎ Gen 19:12 +; ‎בְּנֹתָם‎ Gen 34:21 ‎בְּנוֺתֵיהֶם‎ Deut 12:31 +, etc.; —

1. daughter, female child, born of a woman Gen 30:21; Gen 34:1; Exod 1:16; Exod 1:22; Exod 21:4; Lev 12:6; Hos 1:6 compare Gen 20:12; Lev 18:9; Deut 27:22 +; begotten by a man Gen 5:4; Gen 5:7; Gen 5:10; Gen 11:11; Gen 11:13; Gen 11:15 compare Gen 11:29; Gen 19:8; Gen 20:12; Gen 28:2; Lev 19:9; Deut 27:22 +; often || ‎בֵּן‎ son Gen 5:4; Gen 5:7 + (see ‎בֵּן‎); compare in allegory of Jehoash 2Kgs 14:9 = 2Chr 25:18 note especially ‎בְּנוֺת‎ ‎הָאָדָם‎ i.e. human women Gen 6:2; Gen 6:4 ‎בִּתְּךָ הַפְּטַנָּה‎ thy younger daughter Gen 29:18 (compare ‎הַצְּעִירָה‎ vGen 29:26 opposed to ‎הַבְּכִירָה‎); ‎בִּתִּי הַגְּדוֺלָה‎ my eldest daughter 1Sam 18:17 ‎בַּתֿ(הַ)מֶּלֶךְ‎ = princess 2Chr 22:11; 2Kgs 9:34; Dan 11:6 compare 2Sam 13:18; Jer 41:10; Jer 43:6; Ps 45:10* compare as term of praise ‎בַּתנָֿדִיב‎ Song 7:2* in particular
a. girl called ‎בִּתֵּנוּ‎ by father and brothers Gen 34:17 compare ‎בִּתְּכֶם‎ vGen 34:8.
b. of adopted daughter Esth 2:7; Esth 2:15.
c. used in speaking to daughter-in-law Ruth 1:11; Ruth 1:12; Ruth 1:13; Ruth 2:2; Ruth 2:8; Ruth 2:22; Ruth 3:1; Ruth 3:16; Ruth 3:18.
d. ‎בַּתאָֿבִיו‎ = sister Ezek 22:11 (appositive ‎אחזתו‎); also half-sister Gen 20:12 ‎בַּתאָֿבִי אַךְ לֹא בַתאִֿמִּי‎, compare Lev 18:9 & vLev 18:11 ‎בַּתאֵֿשֶׁת אָבִיךָ‎, Lev 20:17.
e. ‎בַּתדֹּֿדוֺ‎ = cousin Esth 2:7. feminine used in kindly address, ‎בִּתִּי‎ Ruth 3:10; Ruth 3:11 (Boaz to Ruth), compare Ps 45:11* ‎בְּנוֺתַי‎ in mouth of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 43:6 (|| ‎בָּנַי‎).
g. ‎בְּנוֺת בָּנָיו‎ = granddaughters Gen 46:7 (P) compare Lev 18:10 & vLev 18:17 (H); note also Gen 37:35, where ‎בנותיו‎ must include other than actual daughters.
h. ‎רִבְקָה‎ ‎בַּתבְּֿתוּאֵל‎ (as more precise designation) Gen 25:20 compare Gen 24:23; Gen 24:24; Gen 24:47 (twice in verse); also Gen 26:34 (twice in verse); Gen 29:10 +; note especially ‎בַּתֿ‎ ‎פַּרְעֹה‎ (without personal name) Exod 2:5; Exod 2:7; Exod 2:8; Exod 2:9; Exod 2:10 compare 1Kgs 3:1; 1Kgs 7:8; 1Kgs 9:24; 1Kgs 11:1; 2Chr 8:11 ‎בַּתאִֿישׁ כְּנַעֲַנִי וּשְׁמוֺ שׁוּעַ‎ Gen 38:2 compare vGen 38:12 (but compare 1Chr 2:3 below ‎בַּתשֿׁוּעַ‎ proper name, feminine below)
i. often plural as designation of women of a particular city, land, or people: ‎בְּנוֺת צִיּוֺן‎ Isa 3:16; Isa 3:17; Isa 4:4; Song 3:11 compare Isa 49:22; Isa 60:4; Lam 3:51 ‎בְּנוֺת יְרוּשָׁלַם‎ Song 1:5; Song 2:7; Song 3:5; Song 3:10; Song 5:8; Song 5:16; Song 8:4 ‎בְּנוֺתשִֿׁילוֺ‎ Judg 21:21 (twice in verse); ‎בְּנוֺת רַבָּה‎ Jer 49:3 observe transitional phrase ‎בְּנוֺת אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר‎ Gen 24:13 further ‎בְּנוֺת כְּנָ֑עַן‎ Gen 28:1; Gen 28:6; Gen 28:8; Gen 36:2 (all P) compare ‎הַכְּנַעֲנִי‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Gen 24:3; Gen 24:37 (J); ‎בְּנוֺת הָאָרֶץ‎ Gen 27:46; Gen 34:1 (both P); ‎בְּנוֺת מוֺאָב‎ Num 25:1; Isa 16:2 compare Num 21:29 ‎חֵת‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Gen 27:46 (twice in verse) (P); ‎פְּלִשְׁתִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Judg 14:1; Judg 14:2; 2Sam 1:20 || ‎הָֽעֲרֵלִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ v2Sam 1:20 (poetry); ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Judg 11:40; 1Sam 1:24 (poetry); ‎יְהוּרָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Ps 48:12*; Ps 97:8 ‎מְנַשֶּׁה‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Josh 17:6 ‎דָּן‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ 2Chr 2:13* compare ‎בַּתלַֿוֵי‎ Exod 2:1 i.e. a woman of tribe of Levi; also ‎אַחֶיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Judg 14:3 ‎עַמֶּ֑ךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Ezek 13:17. — ‎בֵּתצִֿיּוֺן‎ etc. see below 3 below

2. young women, women Gen 30:13 (J) Prov 31:29; Song 2:2; Song 6:9 ‎בָּנוֺת בֹּטְחוֺת‎ Isa 32:9 also ‎בַּת‎ ‎הַנָּשִׁים‎ Dan 11:17.

3. with name of city, land, or people, poetic personification of that city or inhabitants, etc.: ‎בַּתצִֿיּוֺן‎ Isa 1:8; Isa 10:32; Isa 16:1; Isa 62:11; Mic 1:13; Mic 4:8; Mic 4:10; Mic 4:13; Jer 4:31; Jer 6:2; Jer 6:23; Zeph 3:14; Zech 2:14*; Zech 9:9; Ps 9:15*; Lam 1:6; Lam 2:1; Lam 2:4; Lam 4:22 even ‎זִקְנֵי בתצֿיון‎ Lam 2:10 ‎׳‎‎צ‎ ‎׳‎‎חוֺמַת ב‎ vLam 2:8 vLam 2:18 also ‎׳‎‎צֿ‎‎׳‎‎בְּתוּלַת ב‎ 2Kgs 19:21 = Isa 37:22; Lam 2:13 ‎׳‎‎צֿ‎‎׳‎‎שְׁבִּיָּה ב‎ Isa 52:2 ‎יְרוּשָׁלַם‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ 2Kgs 19:21 = Isa 37:22; Mic 4:8; Zeph 3:14; Zech 9:9; Lam 2:13; Lam 2:15 compare ‎בַּתפּֿוּצַי‎ Zeph 3:10 daughter of my dispersed ones; ‎בַּתצֹֿר‎ Ps 45:13* ‎בָּבֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Jer 50:42; Jer 51:33; Ps 137:8 ‎בָּבֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּתוּלַת ב‎ Isa 47:1 see further Zech 2:11* also of Tarshish Isa 23:10, Sidon vIsa 23:12 (+ ‎בְּתוּלַת‎), Dibon Jer 48:18 (+ ‎יוֺשֶׁבֶת‎), Gallim Isa 10:30 ‎בְּתוּלַת‎ ‎יְֿהוּדָה‎‎׳‎‎ב‎ Lam 1:15 compare ‎מִבְצְרֵי בַּת יְהוּדָה‎ Lam 2:2 ‎בַּתעַֿמִּי‎ daughter of my people Isa 22:4; Jer 4:11; Jer 6:14; Jer 6:26; Jer 8:11; Jer 8:19; Jer 8:21; Jer 8:22; Jer 8:23*; Jer 9:6*; Lam 3:48; Lam 4:3; Lam 4:6; Lam 4:10, ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּתוּלַת ב‎ Jer 14:17 ‎בַּתמִֿצְרָ֑יִם‎ Jer 46:24 also Jer 46:11 (+ ‎בְּתוּלַת‎), vJer 46:19 (+ ‎יוֺשֶׁבֶת‎); ‎אֱדוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Lam 4:21; Lam 4:22 ‎כַּשְׂדִּים‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Isa 47:1; Isa 47:5 note ‎הַבַּת‎ ‎הַשּׁוֺבֵבָ֑ה‎ Jer 31:22 (|| ‎בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ vJer 31:21) Jer 49:4 (= Ammon); on ‎בַּתאֲֿשֻׁרִים‎ Ezek 27:6 see below ‎אֲשֻׁרִים‎ p. 81; less often in plural ‎בְּנוֺת הַגּוֺיִם‎ Ezek 32:16 ‎אַדִּרִם‎ ‎׳‎‎גּ‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ vEzek 32:18 (these perhaps below 1 i); ‎בְּנוֺת פְּלִשְׁתִּים‎ Ezek 16:27 (in allegory); compare also of Sodom, Samaria, Syria etc. V:44; V:45; V:46; V:46; V:53; V:55; V:55; V:57; V:57; Ezek 23:2.

4. plural = villages, after name of city, ‎וּבְחֶשְׁבּוֺן וּבְכָלבְּֿנֹתֶיהָ‎ Num 21:25 compare vNum 21:32; Num 32:42 (E) Josh 15:45; Josh 15:47 (twice in verse) (J E ?) + vJosh 15:28 ᵐ5 Di, Josh 17:11 (6 t.) vJosh 17:16 (J) = Judg 1:27 (4 t. in verse); Judg 11:26 (twice in verse); Jer 49:2 + 17 t.; Chronicles + 6 t.; Neh 11:25-31. On 1Chr 18:1 & its variation from || 2Sam 8:1 see We Dr.

5. in phrases denoting character, quality, etc., ‎בַּתאֵֿל נֵכָר‎ daughter of a strange god, i.e. idolatrous (woman or people) Mal 2:11 ‎בַּתגְּֿדוּר‎ daughter of a troop, i.e. war-like city Mic 4:14* ‎בְּנוֺת הַשִּׁיר‎ Eccl 12:4 the daughters of song, i.e. songs, melodious notes; ‎בַּתבְּֿלִיַּעַל‎ 1Sam 1:16 see ‎בְּלִיַּעַל‎ below ‎בלה‎.

6. ‎בַּת יַעֲנָה‎ = ostrich Lev 11:16 = Deut 14:15 plural ‎בְּנוֺת יַעֲנָה‎ Job 30:29; Mic 1:8; Isa 13:21; Isa 34:13; Isa 43:20; Jer 50:39 (see ‎יַעֲנָה‎); ‎בַּתעַֿיִן‎ pupil of the eye Lam 2:18 compare Ethiopic see also ‎אישׁוֺן‎

7. figurative ‎לַעֲלוּקָה שְׁתֵּי בָנוֺת‎ Prov 30:15 two daughters (i.e. Sh®°ôl & the barren womb, compare Comm.)

8. of vine = branch ‎בָּנוֺת צָֽעֲרָה עֲלֵישֿׁוּר‎ Gen 49:22 compare Di & v: below ‎בֵּן‎.

9. as noun relative (all P), of age of woman ‎בַּתתִּֿשְׁעִים שָׁנָה‎ Gen 17:17 of ewe-lamb ‎בַּתשְֿׁנָתָהּ‎ Lev 14:10; Num 6:14 of she-goat id. Num 15:27. compare ‎בֵּן‎

9. — II. ‎בַּת‎ see below ‎בתת‎.

I. ‎בַּת‎ daughter see below ‎בן‎.

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