noun · feminine
thugatras
Strong’sG2364
a daughter
stem thugatr-28 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books9 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
θυγάτηρ means a daughter, a female child 1234.
In the Greek Bible the word is also extended beyond its literal sense, following Hebrew idiom 2. It can be used as a friendly form of address to a woman, roughly like "my dear" 1. It can be used metaphorically of God's people, as those belonging to the Lord 1. It can mean a descendant more broadly, not just an immediate child 12. And it can be used of a place, describing the inhabitants of a city or the towns and villages dependent on it 13.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
θυγάτηρ, -τρός, ἡ
(for use of vocat., cf. M, Pr., 71; WH, App, 158), [in LXX for בַּת (Ge 5:4, al.), exc. Jg 21:14 B, II Ch 21:17 (אִשָּׁה);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2364 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidthoo-gat'-air
a female child, or (by Hebraism) descendant (or inhabitant)
Fromapparently a primary word (compare "daughter");
King Jamesdaughter.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
genitive θυγᾰτέρος contraction θυγατρό; dative θυγᾰτέρι, θυγατρί; accusative θυγᾰτέρα Epic dialect θύγατρα Refs 8th c.BC+; vocative θύγᾰτερ: nominative plural θυγατέρες, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry θύγατρες Refs 7th c.BC+: genitive plural -τέρων Refs 5th c.BC+ Epic dialect -τέρεσσιRefs 8th c.BC+; both sets of forms are found in poetry, θυγατρός, -τρί, -τράσι are used in Prose:—daughter, Refs 8th c.BC+; θύγατρες ἵππων, of mules, Refs 4th c.BC+; θ. ταύρων, of bees, Philo Tars. cited in Refs 5th c.BC+; πλάστιγξ ἡ χαλκοῦ θ. Refs 5th c.BC+; θ. Σειληνοῦ, of the vine, Refs 4th c.AD+; ψήφου συμβολικῆς θ., of a λάγυνος, Refs; of villages dependent on a city, LXX
II later, maidservant, slave, Refs 3rd c.BC+. [ῡ in Epic dialect in the longer forms, for the sake of meter] (Cf. Sanskrit duhitár-, Engl. daughter, etc.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | thugatras12×θυγάτηρ | thugatrais2×θυγατέρες |
| object accusative | thugatran4×θυγατέρα | thugatrain1×θυγατέρας |
| direct address vocative | thugatrar2×θύγατερ | thugatrair1×Θυγατέρες |
| of, belonging to genitive | thugatrau4×θυγατρὸς | thugatraiu1×θυγατέρων |
| to, for dative | thugatra1×θυγατρὶ | thugatrai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
thugatra is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
28 occurrences, every one of them listed
thugatras“daughter”subjectnominative singular12×
Matthew 9:18… ercharantos proskunate auto legarōntos hoti Tas thugatras mu arti teleutata; alla ercharantos epitithasar …… came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But …
Matthew 14:6… de generantei tou Hērōdou orcheta tas thugatras tau Hērōdiadau en te mese kai …On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and …
Matthew 15:22… Elēasar min, kurior huios David; tas thugatras mu kakōs daimonizotō.… David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.”
Matthew 15:28… si hōs thelasō. kai iita tas thugatras autau apo tau hōrau ekeinau.… you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Mark 5:34tos de legata auta; Thugatras, tas pistias su sōzatē sin; hupagasōr …“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed …
Mark 5:35… apo tou archisunagōgou legarōntois hoti Tas thugatras su apothnēskata; tinem ēti skullasō ton …… of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher …
Luke 2:36Kai ate Hannas profētias, thugatras Fanouēl, ek fulau Asēr houtas probainarēntas …… also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of …
Luke 8:42hoti thugatras monogenas ate auto hōs eteiu dōdeka …because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying …
Luke 8:48tos de legata auta; Thugatras, tas pistias su sōzatē sin; poreuosōr …“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed …
Luke 8:49… tou archisunagōgou legarōntos hoti Thnēskatē tas thugatras su, mēketi skullasōr ton didaskalon.… house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do …
Luke 12:53… epi patro, mētēras epi thugatran kai thugatras epi tan mētēran, pentheras epi tan …… against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and …
Acts 7:21ektithirantou de autou anaireta auton tas thugatras Faraō kai anatrefeta auton heauta eis …When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up …
thugatran“daughter”objectaccusative singular4×
Matthew 10:35… anthrōpon kata tou patrou autou kai thugatran kata tau mētērau autau kai numfan …… a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against …
Matthew 10:37… axios; kai tos filarōntos huion ē thugatran huper min ouk atō mu axios;… anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy …
Luke 12:53… kai huios epi patro, mētēras epi thugatran kai thugatras epi tan mētēran, pentheras …… and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against …
Luke 13:16houtan de thugatran Abraam arōntan, han data tos Satanos …Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept …
thugatrar“daughter”direct addressvocative singular2×
Matthew 9:22… strefirantos kai horarantos autan legata; Tharsasōr, thugatrar; tas pistias su sōzatē sin. kai …… turned and saw her. “Take courage, daughter,” He said, “your faith has healed …
John 12:15Mē fobosōr, thugatrar Siōn; idou tos basilevos su erchotō, …“Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion. See, your King is …
thugatrau“daughter”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Mark 6:22kai eisercharantau tau thugatrau autau tau Hērōdiadau kai orcherantau kai …When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she …
Mark 7:26… hina tem daimonem ekbalateia ek tau thugatrau autau.… drive the demon out of her daughter.
Mark 7:29… ton logon hupagasōr, exerchatē ek tau thugatrau su tem daimonem.… go. The demon has left your daughter.”
Hebrews 11:24… Mōusos megos generantos arneta legorō huios thugatrau Faraō,… be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
thugatra“daughter”to, fordative singular1×
Matthew 21:5Legavar ta thugatra Siōn; Idou tos basilevos su erchotō …“Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes …
thugatrais“daughters”subjectnominative plural2×
Acts 2:17… profēteuali tois huiois vu kai tais thugatrais vu, kai tois neaniskois vu horasiain …… on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will …
Acts 21:9houto de ale thugatrais tessares parthenais profēteuarōntais.He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
thugatrain“daughters”objectaccusative plural1×
2 Corinthians 6:18… vis evi mi eis huioin kai thugatrain, legatō kurios pantokratoros.… you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
thugatrair“daughters”direct addressvocative plural1×
Luke 23:28… de pros autain tos Iēsus legata; Thugatrair Ierousalēm, mē klaiavōr epi min; plēn …… Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for …
thugatraiu“daughters”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Luke 1:5“daughters”… Abia, kai gunaikas auto ek taiu thugatraiu Aarōn, kai tem onomem autau Elisabet.… belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron.