Daughter

Daughter - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

This word, besides its natural and proper sense, is used to designate, (1.) A niece or any female descendant (Gen. 20:12; 24:48; 28:6). (2.) Women as natives of a place, or as professing the religion of a place; as, "the daughters of Zion" (Isa. 3:16), "daughters of the Philistines" (2 Sam. 1:20). (3.) Small towns and villages lying around a city are its "daughters," as related to the metropolis or mother city. Tyre is in this sense called the daughter of Sidon (Isa. 23:12). (4.) The people of Jerusalem are spoken of as "the daughters of Zion" (Isa. 37:22). (5.) The daughters of a tree are its boughs (Gen. 49:22). (6.) The "daughters of music" (Eccl. 12:4) are singing women.

Daughter - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

DAUGHTER, n,

1. The female offspring of a man or woman; a female child of any age.

2. A daughter in law; a son's wife. Ruth 3.

3. A woman; plu. female inhabitants.

Dinah went out to see the daughters of the land.

Gen 34.

4. A female descendant; lineage of females. Luke I.

5. The female penitent of a confessor.

This word is used in scripture for the inhabitants of a city or country, male and female. Is. xvi.2. Mat 21. Also as a term of affection or kindness.

Daughter, be of good comfort. Mat 9.