Strong's Lexicon
G2364 — θυγάτηρ
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2364 |
|---|---|
| Word: | θυγάτηρ |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary word |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 28 |
| Transliteration: | thugater |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | thoo-gat'-ayr |
| Meaning: | 1. a female child 2. (by Hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant) |
| KJV Renderings: | daughter |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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 áÇÌú; (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.).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
θυγάτηρ (daughter)
Matthew 9:18
- KJV: 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
- GK: ταύτα αυτού λαλούντος αυτοίς ιδού άρχων εις ελθών προσεκύνει αυτώ λέγων ότι η θυγάτηρ μου άρτι ετελεύτησεν αλλά ελθών επίθες την χείρά σου επ΄ αυτήν και ζήσεται
Matthew 9:22
- KJV: But 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
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς επιστραφείς και ιδών αυτήν είπε θάρσει θύγατερ η πίστις σου σέσωκέ σε και εσώθη η γυνή από της ώρας εκείνης
Matthew 10:35
- KJV: For 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
- GK: ήλθον γαρ διχάσαι άνθρωπον κατά του πατρός αυτού και θυγατέρα κατά της μητρός αυτής και νύμφην κατά της πενθεράς αυτής
Matthew 10:37
- KJV: He 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
- GK: ο φιλών πατέρα η μητέρα υπέρ εμέ ουκ έστι μου άξιος και ο φιλών υιόν η θυγατέρα υπέρ εμέ ουκ έστι μου άξιος
Matthew 14:6
- KJV: But when Herod’s birthday was kept the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
- GK: γενεσίων δε αγομένων του Ηρώδου ωρχήσατο η θυγάτηρ της Ηρωδιάδος εν τω μέσω και ήρεσε τω Ηρώδη
Matthew 15:22
- KJV: And behold a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts and cried unto him saying Have mercy on me O Lord Son of David my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil
- GK: και ιδού γυνή Χαναναία από των ορίων εκείνων εξελθούσα εκραύγασεν αυτώ λέγουσα ελέησόν με κύριε υιέ Δαβίδ η θυγάτηρ μου κακώς δαιμονίζεται
Matthew 15:28
- KJV: Then Jesus answered and said unto her O woman great thy faith be it unto thee even as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole from that very hour
- GK: τότε αποκριθείς ο Ιησούς είπεν αυτή ω γύναι μεγάλη σου η πίστις γενηθήτω σοι ως θέλεις και ιάθη η θυγάτηρ αυτής από της ώρας εκείνης
Matthew 21:5
- KJV: Tell ye the daughter of Sion Behold thy King cometh unto thee meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt the foal of an ass
- GK: είπατε τη θυγατρί Σιών ιδού ο βασιλεύς σου έρχεταί σοι πραϋς και επιβεβηκώς επί όνον και πώλον υιόν υποζυγίου
Mark 5:34
- KJV: And he said unto her Daughter thy faith hath made thee whole go in peace and be whole of thy plague
- GK: ο δε είπεν αυτή θύγατερ η πίστις σου σέσωκέ σε ύπαγε εις ειρήνην και ίσθι υγιής από της μάστιγός σου
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