Encyclopedia entry
Daughter
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 6 distinct subjects under Daughter. Jump to one below, or read in order.
- 1.A niece or any female descendant (Gen.
- 2.Women as natives of a place, or as professing the religion of a place; as, “the…
- 3.Small towns and villages lying around a city are its “daughters,” as related to the…
- 4.The people of Jerusalem are spoken of as “the daughters of Zion” (Isa.
- 5.The daughters of a tree are its boughs (Gen.
- 6.The “daughters of music” (Eccl.
This word, besides its natural and proper sense, is used to designate,
Daughter (1)
#A niece or any female descendant (Gen. 20:12; 24:48; 28:6).
Daughter (2)
#Women as natives of a place, or as professing the religion of a place; as, “the daughters of Zion” (Isa. 3:16), “daughters of the Philistines” (2 Sam. 1:20).
Daughter (3)
#Small towns and villages lying around a city are its “daughters,” as related to the metropolis or mother city. Tyre is in this sense called the daughter of Sidon (Isa. 23:12).
Daughter (4)
#The people of Jerusalem are spoken of as “the daughters of Zion” (Isa. 37:22).
Daughter (5)
#The daughters of a tree are its boughs (Gen. 49:22).
Daughter (6)
#The “daughters of music” (Eccl. 12:4) are singing women.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
The word is used in Scripture not only for daughter, but for granddaughter or other female descendant. (Genesis 24:48) It is used of the female inhabitants of a place or country, (Genesis 6:2; Luke 23:28) and of cities in general, (Isaiah 10:32; 23:12) but more specifically of dependent towns or hamlets, while to the principal city the correlative “mother” is applied. (Numbers 21:25) “Daughters of music,” i.e. singing birds, (Ecclesiastes 12:4) refers to the power of making and enjoying music.
In the Bible
304
Verses where Daughter is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 1:50
When Baal-hanan died, Hadad reigned in his place. His city was named Pau, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.
- 1 Chronicles 2:4
Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
- 1 Chronicles 2:21
Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.
- 1 Chronicles 2:35
Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.
- 1 Chronicles 2:49
She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.
+298 more verses naming Daughter.
Scripture on Daughter
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Entries that reference Daughter
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Daughter references
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More illustrations of Daughter
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Tissot Pharaoh's Daughter Has Moses Brought to Her
James Tissot
Tissot Pharaoh's Daughter Receives the Mother of Moses
James Tissot
Jephthah's Daughter Comes to Meet Her Father
Gustave Doré
Jephthah’s Daughter by James Tissot
James Tissot
Brooklyn Museum - The Canaanite's Daughter (La Chananéenne) - James Tissot
James Tissot
Israelite Women Mourn with Jephthah's Daughter
Gustave Doré
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Voices on Daughter
24
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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