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Daughter

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(milk). Daughter or any female descendant (Gen. 24:48⁴⁸And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. (Genesis 24:48)); female inhabitant (Gen. 6:2²That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. (Genesis 6:2); Isa. 10:32; 23:12³²As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. (Isaiah 10:32)
¹²And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. (Isaiah 23:12); Luke 23:28²⁸But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. (Luke 23:28)); singing birds (Eccl. 12:4⁴And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; (Ecclesiastes 12:4)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Besides the ordinary meaning of this word it is used also for grand-daughter or female descendant in general (Luke 1:5⁵There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. (Luke 1:5)); also as belonging to a race or country, or to Zion or Israel (Gen. 27:46⁴⁶And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? (Genesis 27:46); Num. 25:1¹And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. (Numbers 25:1); 2 Kings 19:21²¹This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. (2 Kings 19:21); Luke 23:28²⁸But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. (Luke 23:28)). The term is also applied to towns and villages associated with some city, as may be seen in the margin of Numbers 21:25²⁵And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. (Numbers 21:25).