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DAUGHTER (θυγάτηρ).—The word ‘daughter’ is used in various sense in the Gospels: (1) in the literal sense, Matthew 9:18; Matthew 10:35, Mark 5:35; Mark 6:22; Mark 7:29, Luke 8:42; (2) as a term of kind address, Matthew 9:22, Mark 5:34, Luke 8:48; (3) collectively for the inhabitants of a city, Matthew 21:5, John 12:15 (cf. Zechariah 9:9); (4) as a term of address to the female inhabitants of a city, Luke 23:28; (5) in the Hebrew sense of descendant, Luke 1:5; Luke 13:16.

The diminutive θυγάτριον is found twice in the Gospel of Mark (Mark 5:23; Mark 7:25). Like all diminutives, it is a term of endearment.

Henry E. Dosker.