Bible Dictionary
BATH KOL
Bath Kol, meaning “daughter of the voice,” was a later Jewish expression for an audible voice from heaven understood as divine communication. The New Testament records several instances of a voice from heaven, including at Jesus’ baptism and transfiguration.
Biblical Usage
The New Testament records voices from heaven at Jesus’ baptism and transfiguration, before His passion, at Paul’s conversion, and in Peter’s instruction concerning clean and unclean things. The supplied material relates these passages to the later concept of Bath Kol but distinguishes the rabbinical term from the fuller biblical revelation.