Daughter
θυγάτηρStrong’s G2364thugatēr
Appears in 27 verses of the New Testament
In short
Thugatēr is the Greek word usually translated “daughter” and “daughters”. It appears in 27 verses of the New Testament.
“While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.”
Meaning
Usually translated “daughter” and “daughters”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- daughter 20
- daughters 5
- a daughter 2
- of daughter 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 8
- Luke 8
- Mark 5
- Acts 3
- John 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 9:22But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
- Matthew 10:35For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
- Matthew 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
- Matthew 14:6But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
- Matthew 15:22And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
- Matthew 15:28Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
Greek dictionary
θυγάτηρ thugatēr · daughter
θυγάτηρ, -τρός, ἡ (for use of vocat., cf. M, Pr., 71; WH, App, 158), [in LXX for בַּת (Gen.5:4, al.), exc. Jdg.21:14 B, 2Ch.21:17 (אִשָּׁה ;] daughter: Mat.9:18 10:35, 37 14:6 15:22, 28, Mrk.5:35 6:22 7:26, 29, Luk.2:36 8:42, 49 12:53, Act.2:17" (LXX) Act.7:21 21:9, Heb.11:24. In NT, as in OT, not in cl.; (a) as a form of friendly address (cf. Rut.2:2, 22 al.): Mat.9:22, Mrk.5:34, Luk.8:48; (b) metaphorically: sc. κυρίου, 2Co.6:18 (cf. Isa.43:6); (with) of posterity: θ. Ἀαρών, Luk.1:5; Ἀβραάμ, Luk.13:16 (cf. Isa.16:2, 4Ma.15:28, al); …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “daughter” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DAUGHTER, noun
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- The female offspring of a man or woman; a female child of any age.
- A daughter in law; a son's wife. Ruth 3:1
- A woman; plural female inhabitants.“Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land” Genesis 34:1
- A female descendant; lineage of females.
All definitions
- The female penitent of a confessor.“Daughter, be of good comfort” Matthew 9:22
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.