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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