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.