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G2364 θυγάτηρ (thygátēr)
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Quick Definition

θυγάτηρ, τρός, ἡ n.f. a daughter

Strong's Definition

apparently a primary word (compare "daughter"); a female child, or (by Hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant)

KJV Usage: daughter

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -τρός | θυγάτριον

10.46 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations

daughter immediate female offspring A literal rendering of MAT 10:37, namely, ‘whoever loves his son or daughter more than me,’ may be misleading, since in some languages it could refer to only one particular son or daughter. A more indefinite expression may therefore be preferable, namely, ‘any one of his sons or daughters.’

MAT 9:18 · MAT 10:35 · MAT 10:37 · MAT 14:6 · MAT 15:22 · MAT 15:28 · MRK 5:35 · MRK 6:22 · MRK 7:26 · MRK 7:29 · LUK 2:36 · LUK 8:42 · LUK 8:49 · LUK 12:53 · LUK 12:53 · ACT 7:21 · ACT 21:9 · 2CO 6:18 · HEB 11:24

9.47 · People · Persons For Whom There Is Affectionate Concern

daughter, lady, woman (a figurative extension of meaning of θυγάτηρ[a] ‘daughter,’ 10.46) a woman for whom there is some affectionate concern In a number of languages it is impossible to translate θυγάτηρ[b] literally as ‘daughter,’ since this would imply that Jesus was acknowledging that the woman was in fact his own daughter. An obvious adjustment must be made in such instances, and therefore one may use such expressions as lady or my dear woman.

MAT 9:22 · MRK 5:34 · LUK 8:48

10.31 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations

female descendant (an extended meaning of θυγάτηρ[a] ‘daughter,’ 10.46) a nonimmediate female descendant (possibly involving a gap of several generations) See discussion at υἱός[c] 10.30 and its footnote.

LUK 1:5 · LUK 13:16 · ACT 2:17

11.65 · Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes · Socio-Political

woman of (a figurative extension of meaning of θυγάτηρ[a] ‘daughter,’ 10.46) a female inhabitant of a place

LUK 23:28

11.66 · Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes · Socio-Political

Collocation: θυγάτηρ Σιών

people of Zion, people of Jerusalem (an idiom, literally: daughter of Zion) the inhabitants of Jerusalem

MAT 21:5 · JHN 12:15

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

θυγάτηρ, gen. θυγατρός, dat. θυγατρί, acc. θυγατέρα, voc. θύγατερ, plur. θυγατέρες, acc. -€pas, ἡ, (of the same root as Gothie dauhtar, Eng. daughter, Germ. Tochter [Curtius § 318; Vaniéek p. 4157); Hebr. n3; [fr. Hom. down]; a daughter: prop., Mt. ix. 18; x. 35, 37; xv. 22; Acts vii. 21,ete. improp. a. the vocative [or nom. as voc. cf. W. § 29,2; B. 8.129 a. 5; WH. App. p. 158] in kindly address: Mt. ix. 22; Mk. v. 34 [1| Tr WH θυγάτηρ; Lk. viii. 48 [Tr WH θυγάτηρ], (see υἱός 1 ἃ. fin., τέκνον b. u.). b. in phrases modelled after the Hebr.: a. a daughter of God i. 6. acceptable to God, rejoicing in God’s peculiar care and protection: 2 Co. vi. 18 (Is. xliii. 6; Sap. ix. 7; see υἱὸς τ. θεοῦ 4, τέκνον Ὁ. y.). β. withthe name of a place, city, or region, it denotes collectively all its inhabitants and citizens (very often so,in the O. T., as 15. xxxvii. 22; Jer. xxvi. (xlvi.) 19; Zeph. iii. 14, ete.) ; in the N. T. twice ἡ θυγ. Σιών, i. e. inhabitants of Jerusalem: Mt. xxi. 5; Jn. xii. 15, (Is.i. 8; x. 32; Zech. ix. 9, etc.; see Σιών, 2). γ. θυγατέρες Ἱερουσαλήμ, women of Jerusalem: Lk. xxiii. 28. 8. female descendant: ai θυγατέρες "Aapwy, women of Aaron’s posterity, Lk. i. 5; θυγάτηρ ᾿Αβραάμ daughter of Abraham, i. e. a woman tracing her descent from Abraham, Lk. xiii. 16, (4 Maree xv. 28 (25); Gen. xxviii. 8; xxxvi. 2; Judg. xi. 40; Is. xvi. 2, etc.).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

θυγάτηρ thugatēr 28x

a daughter, Mt. 9:18; 10:35, 37; in the vocative, an expression of affection and kindness, Mt. 9:22; from the Hebrew, one of the female posterity of any one, Lk. 1:5; met. a city, Mt. 21:5; Jn. 12:15; pl. female inhabitants, Lk. 23:28

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

θυγάτηρ, -τρός, ἡ

(for use of vocat., cf. M, Pr., 71; WH, App, 158), [in LXX for בַּת (Ge 5:4, al.), exc. Jg 21:14 B, II Ch 21:17 (אִשָּׁה);]

a daughter: Mt 9:18 10:35, 37 14:6 15:22, 28, Mk 5:35 6:22 7:26, 29, Lk 2:36 8:42, 49 12:53, Ac 2:17(LXX) 7:21 21:9, He 11:24. In NT, as in OT, not in cl.; as a form of friendly address (cf. Ru 2:2, 22 al.): Mt 9:22, Mk 5:34, Lk 8:48;

metaph.: sc. κυρίου, II Co 6:18 (cf. Is 43:6);

of posterity: θ. Ἀαρών, Lk 1:5; Ἀβραάμ, Lk 13:16 (cf. Is 16:2, IV Mac 15:28, al);

of habitation: θ. Σιών, Ἱερουσαλήμ, Mt 21:5(LXX), Lk 23:28, Jo 12:15 (cf. Is 1:8, Za 9:9, al.).†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

θυγάτηρ (thugatēr) — daughter. θῠγάτηρ [ᾰ], ἡ, genitive θυγᾰτέρος contraction θυγατρό; dative θυγᾰτέρι, θυγατρί; accusative θυγᾰτέρα Epic dialect θύγατρα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; vocative θύγᾰτερ: nominative plural θυγατέρες, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry θύγατρες [Refs 7th c.BC+]: genitive plural -τέρων [Refs 5th c.BC+] Epic dialect -τέρεσσι[Refs 8th c.BC+]; both sets of forms are found in poetry, θυγατρός, -τρί, -τράσι are used in Prose:—daughter, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θύγατρες ἵππων, of mules, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; θ. ταύρων, of bees, Philo Tars. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλάστιγξ ἡ χαλκοῦ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θ. Σειληνοῦ, of the vine, [Refs 4th c.AD+]; ψήφου συμβολικῆς θ., of a λάγυνος, [Refs]; of villages dependent on a city, [LXX]

II. later, maidservant, slave, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]. [ῡ in Epic dialect in the longer forms, for the sake of meter] (Cf. Sanskrit duhitár-, Engl. daughter, etc.)

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