The word in Scripture

Daughter in the Bible

The word daughter appears 327 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A daughter is a cherished child of the household of God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What daughter means in the Bible

A daughter is a cherished child of the household of God.

Where the word daughter appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word daughter appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.”Psalms 9:14

“And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.”Psalms 45:12

“Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.”Isaiah 47:5

“Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.”Isaiah 52:2

“But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.”Matthew 14:6

“For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.”Luke 8:42

“Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt.”John 12:15

“By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter;”Hebrews 11:24