Dictionary of Bible Themes The female offspring of parents. Daughters lived in their father's house, under his protection, until marriage. Usually they became his heirs only if he had no sons to inherit his estate. Normally they shared in the inheritance of their husbands. Genesis 31:50Protection of daughters See also Fathers were responsible for protecting their daughters Genesis 19:12-13,15-17Numbers 30:3-5 Genesis 19:8 See also Examples of fathers who failed to protect their daughters Judges 19:242 Samuel 13:6-14 Genesis 34:8-9 Marriage of daughters See also Fathers were responsible for arranging marriages for their daughters Genesis 29:26Joshua 15:16-17 Judges 12:9; 21:1 1 Samuel 18:17-21; 25:44 pp Jdg 1:12-13 1 Samuel 18:25See also Fathers received a bride-price from their daughters' husbands Genesis 29:16-271 Kings 9:16 See also Fathers gave a dowry to their daughters Joshua 15:17-191 Kings 3:1 pp Jdg 1:13-15 See also Sometimes the marriage of a daughter was the basis of a political alliance Daniel 11:6,17Deuteronomy 22:13-21 In cases of dispute, parents were expected to prove their daughter's virginity Numbers 27:1-11Inheritance of daughters See also If a man had no sons, the inheritance went to his daughters Joshua 17:3-6Numbers 36:1-12 Daughters who inherited their father's property were obliged to marry within his clan Job 42:13-15Job allocated his daughters an inheritance Leviticus 10:14Priests' daughters See also Leviticus 21:1-2,9; 22:12-13Numbers 18:11,19 Ezekiel 44:25 Nehemiah 5:5 Slavery of daughters See also In dire circumstances fathers sometimes sold their daughters into slavery Exodus 21:7Exodus 21:9 A slave girl married to a son was to be accorded the rights of a daughter Leviticus 19:29Immorality of daughters See also Prostitution of daughters forbidden Leviticus 21:9Genesis 19:30-38 Incest of Lot's daughters Leviticus 18:15Daughters-in-law See also Sexual relations with daughters-in-law forbidden Leviticus 20:12Ezekiel 22:11 Ruth 4:14-15 See also Examples of daughters-in-law Genesis 38:6-26Ruth 1:3-17 Acts 21:9 Daughters in a spiritual role See also Joel 2:28Acts 2:17 Esther 2:7 An adopted daughter Matthew 21:5Daughter in a non-literal sense Of an area, town or country or its population See also 2 Kings 19:21pp Jn 12:15 Psalms 137:8Isaiah 10:30; 23:12; 52:2 Jeremiah 6:23; 48:18; 51:33 Lamentations 1:15; 2:10 Micah 4:8 Zephaniah 3:14 Zechariah 2:7; 9:9 Luke 23:27-29 See also Of the female inhabitants of an area, town or country Genesis 24:3,132 Samuel 1:24 Songs 3:5; 5:8 Isaiah 32:9-11 Ezekiel 13:17; 32:18 Luke 13:16 See also Of the female descendants 1 Peter 3:5-6Matthew 9:22 As an honorific term pp Mk 5:34 pp Lk 8:48 2 Corinthians 6:18Daughters in a theological sense See also God's people are his sons and daughters Jeremiah 14:17; 31:21-22Matthew 10:37 See also Family relationships must be subservient to one's relationship with God Matthew 10:35See also pp Lk 12:53 5664 children5679 dowry 5680 family 5684 fathers 5696 grandchildren 5701 heir 5708 marriage 5724 offspring 5737 sisters 5738 sons 6239 prostitution 7115 children of God |
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