θυγάτηρthygátēr
a female child, or (by Hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant)
Greek (New Testament) · G2364
Meanings
a daughter: Matthew 9:18, Matthew 10:35, Matthew 10:37, Matthew 14:6, Matthew 15:22, Matthew 15:28, Mark 5:35, Mark 6:22, Mark 7:26, Mark 7:29, Luke 2:36, Luke 8:42, Luke 8:49, Luke 12:53, Acts 2:17(LXX) Acts 7:21, Acts 21:9, Hebrews 11:24. In NT, as in OT, not in classical Greek
(a) as a form of friendly address (cf. Ruth 2:2, Ruth 2:22 and elsewhere): Matthew 9:22, Mark 5:34, Luke 8:48
(b) metaphorically: namely κυρίου, 2 Corinthians 6:18 (cf. Isaiah 43:6)
(c) of posterity: θ. Ἀαρών, Luke 1:5; Ἀβραάμ, Luke 13:16 (cf. Isaiah 16:2, 4 Maccabees 15:28, al)
(d) of habitation: θ. Σιών, Ἱερουσαλήμ, Matthew 21:5(LXX), Luke 23:28, John 12:15 (cf. Isaiah 1:8, Zechariah 9:9, and elsewhere).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 28 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 9:18 As Jesus was saying this, the leader of a synagogue came and knelt before him. “My daughter has just died,” he said, “but you can bring her back to life again if you just come and lay your hand on her.”
- Matthew 9:22 Jesus turned around, and when he saw her he said, “Daughter, be encouraged! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed at that moment.
- Matthew 10:35 ‘I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
- Matthew 10:37 “If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.
- Matthew 14:6 But at a birthday party for Herod, Herodias’s daughter performed a dance that greatly pleased him,
- Matthew 15:22 A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.