STRONGS G2364:
θυγάτηρ, genitive
θυγατρός, dative
θυγατρί, accusative
θυγατέρα, vocative
θύγατερ, plural
θυγατέρες, accusative
-έρας,
ἡ, (of the same root as Gothic
dauhtar, English
daughter, German
Tochter [Curtius § 318; Vanicek, p. 415]); Hebrew
בַּת; [from Homer down];
a daughter: properly,
Matthew 9:18;
Matthew 10:35,
37;
Matthew 15:22;
Acts 7:21, etc. improperly,
a. the vocative [or nominative as vocative cf. Winers Grammar, § 29, 2; Buttmann, § 129 a. 5;
WH's Appendix, p. 158] in kindly address:
Matthew 9:22;
Mark 5:34 [L Tr WH θυγάτηρ];
Luke 8:48 [Tr WH θυγάτηρ], (see
υἱός 1 a. at the end,
τέκνον, b.
α.).
b. in phrases modeled after the Hebrew:
α. a daughter of God i. e. acceptable to God, rejoicing in God's peculiar care and protection:
2 Corinthians 6:18 (
Isaiah 43:6; Wis. 9:7; see
υἱὸς τ.
Θεοῦ 4,
τέκνον b.
γ.).
β. with the name of a place, city, or region, it denotes collectively all its inhabitants and citizens (very often so in the
O. T., as
Isaiah 37:22;
Jeremiah 26:19 (
Jer. 46:19);
Zephaniah 3:14, etc.); in the
N. T. twice
ἡ θυγ.
Σιών,
i. e. inhabitants of Jerusalem:
Matthew 21:5;
John 12:15, (
Isaiah 1:8;
Isaiah 10:32;
Zechariah 9:9, etc.; see
Σιών, 2).
γ. θυγατέρες Ἱερουσαλήμ, women of Jerusalem:
Luke 23:28.
δ. female descendant:
αἱ θυγατέρες Ἀαρών, women of Aaron's posterity,
Luke 1:5;
θυγάτηρ Ἀβραάμ daughter of Abraham,
i. e. a woman tracing her descent from Abraham,
Luke 13:16, (4 Macc 15:28 (4 Macc 15:25);
Genesis 28:8;
Genesis 36:2;
Judges 11:40;
Isaiah 16:2, etc.).
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