- θυγάτηρ
- θυγάτηρ, τρός, ἡ (Hom.+) voc. θύγατερ (B-D-R 147, 3) for which the nom. without the art. is also used (Mk 5:34; Lk 8:48; J 12:15; W-S. §29, 4; Mlt-H. 136); pl. θυγατέρες etc.① a human (θ. is used in lit. also of offspring of animals, e.g. Simonides of Ceos 7 of mules) female in relation of child to parent, daughter (Epict. 4, 11, 35; Paus. 8, 20, 3) Mt 10:35, 37; Lk 8:42; 12:53. Foll. by gen. of father or mother Mt 9:18; 14:6; 15:22, 28; Mk 5:35; 6:22; 7:26, 29; Lk 2:36; 8:49; Ac 2:17 (Jo 3:1); 7:21; Hb 11:24; B 19:5; D 4:9; cp. Ac 21:9; GJs 17:1; Papias (2:9; 11:2). τὰς θυγατέρας τῶν Ἑβραίων τὰς ἀμιάντους, the undefiled daughters of the Hebrews. GJs 6:1 (s. deStrycker ad loc.; s. also the lit. s.v. γαμίζω 1bγ).② someone treated as one’s daughter, daughter (for such extended use of θ. cp. Paradoxogr. Vat. 60 Keller; Phalaris, Ep. 142, 3 θ.=girl) voc. in a friendly greeting to girls or women Mt 9:22; Mk 5:34; Lk 8:48. Sim. of God’s daughters as children in a transcendent sense 2 Cor 6:18 (cp. Is 43:6; Wsd 9:7); in personal address υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες B 1:1 (cp. Ath. 32, 2).③ female members of an ancestral group, political entity, or specific class of persons, daughters, θυγατέρες Ἀαρών the female descendants of Aaron, i.e., the women of priestly families Lk 1:5. θ. Ἀβραάμ 13:16 (cp. 4 Macc 15:28). Of women who are readers of B, and are therefore his pupils B 1:1 (but s. 2 above). θυγατέρες Ἰερουσαλήμ Lk 23:28 is an OT expr. to designate the individual female inhabitants of the city (cp. SSol 2:7; 3:5; Is 3:16; 4:4; PsSol 2:6, 13). But the situation is different from the usage θυγάτηρ Σιών in 4.④ someth. personified as female, daughter (Procop. Soph., Ep. 93 the letters are θυγατέρες of their writers), of doubt θ. ἐστὶ τοῦ διαβόλου the devil’s daughter Hm 9:9; cp. 12, 2, 2 (Pind., O. 10, 3f ἀλάθεια as θυγάτηρ Διός). Of virtues, one of which is the daughter of the other in turn Hv 3, 8, 4f.—Of special interest is the sing. θυγάτηρ Σιών, as in OT fashion (cp. Zech 2:14; 9:9; Jer 4:31 al.—SibOr 3, 324 θυγατέρες δυσμῶν=peoples of the west) this term denotes the city of Zion and its inhabitants Mt 21:5; J 12:15 (both w. combination of Is 62:11 and Zech 9:9). B. 106; BHHW III 1999. JLeipoldt, Die Frau in der antiken Welt u. im Urchristentum ’62; BRawson, The Roman Family: The Family in Ancient Rome, ed. BRawson ’86, 1–57.—DELG. M-M. EDNT.
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