θυγάτηρ

θυγάτηρ — thygátēr

θυγάτηρ, genitive θυγατρός, dative θυγατρί, accusative θυγατέρα, vocative θύγατερ, plural θυγατέρες, accusative θυγατέρας, ἡ (of the same root as Gothicdauhtar, English daughter, German Tochter (Curtius, § 318; Vanicek, p. 415)); Hebrew בַּת; (from Homer down); a daughter: properly, Mat 9:18; Mat 10:35; Mat 10:37; Mat 15:22; Act 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: Mat 9:22; Mar 5:34 (L Tr WH θυγάτηρ); Luk 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: 2Co 6:18 (Isa 43:6; Wis 9:7; see υἱός τοῦ 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 Isa 37:22; Jer 26:19; Zep 3:14, etc.); in the N. T. twice ἡ θυγάτηρ Σιών, i. e. inhabitants of Jerusalem: Mat 21:5; Joh 12:15 (Isa 1:8; Isa 10:32; Zec 9:9, etc.; see Σιών, 2). γ. θυγατέρες Ἱερουσαλήμ, women of Jerusalem: Luk 23:28. δ. female descendant: αἱ θυγατερς Ἀαρών, women of Aaron's posterity, Luk 1:5; θυγαττερ Ἀβραάμ daughter of Abraham, i. e. a woman tracing her descent from Abraham, Luk 13:16 (4Ma 15:28 (25); Gen 28:8; Gen 36:2; Jdg 11:40; Isa 16:2, etc.).