Bath — H1323

H1323 · Hebrew — בת

Pronunciation: bath

Definition

feminine noun

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

  1. n f
  2. daughter
    1. daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin
      1. as polite address
  3. n pr f
      1. as designation of women of a particular place
  4. young women, women
      1. as personification
      2. daughter-villages
      3. description of character

Like “son of”, “daughter of N years” states age: “Sarah, that is ninety years old” (Gen 17:17).

In the plural, the “daughters” of a city are the towns that depend on it: “in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof” (Num 21:25).

Usually translated as

daughter, first, apple, owl, company, old, branch, town, village

Origin

from H1129 (as feminine of H1121)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Bath occurs 587 times in 497 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (90), Exodus (22), Leviticus (16), Numbers (24), Deuteronomy (19), Joshua (9), Judges (17), Ruth (11), 1 Samuel (16), 2 Samuel (18), 1 Kings (11), 2 Kings (16), 1 Chronicles (22), 2 Chronicles (20), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (14), Esther (3), Job (6), Psalms (12), Proverbs (2), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Songs (11), Isaiah (23), Jeremiah (39), Lamentations (19), Ezekiel (31), Daniel (2), Hosea (4), Joel (2), Amos (1), Micah (7), Zephaniah (2), Zechariah (3), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — B