daughter
Thugater denotes a female child in family relationships and can designate women or groups by ancestry, place, or covenantal address.
The term most often identifies a female child in stated family relationships, including a father's child, a mother's child, or a woman's child. It also occurs in group, ancestral, and place-based designations such as the daughters of Aaron, a daughter of Abraham, and the daughter of Zion or Jerusalem.
Senses in use
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Female child in a family relationship · dominant
The noun identifies a female child in explicit family settings: in Acts 7:21 the APB renders Pharaoh's daughter rescuing and raising a child, and in Luke 8:42 it renders a father's only daughter as dying. Genitive singular forms mark the child in relation to a mother in Mark 7:26 and Matthew 15:22, where the APB renders women seeking help for their daughters.
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Woman or group designated by ancestry or place · occasional
The term is used in designations beyond an individual parent-child clause. In Luke 1:5 the genitive plural occurs in the phrase rendered "daughters of Aaron," while Luke 13:16 calls a woman "a daughter of Abraham"; in Matthew 21:5 the dative singular occurs in the address rendered "the daughter of Zion."
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the verses, the APB commonly presents the term with "daughter" or "daughters," including possessive and group phrases such as "Pharaoh's daughter," "daughters of Aaron," and "daughter of Zion." These English expressions confirm the clauses' presentation without isolating every contribution of the Greek form.