| Translation | Verse | Text |
| Strong Concordance | Isa 22:4 | Therefore said [0559] I, Look away [08159] from me; I will weep [01065] bitterly [04843], labour [0213] not to comfort [05162] me, because of the spoiling [07701] of the daughter [01323] of my people [05971]. |
| Word | Easton Dictionary - Definition |
| DAUGHTER | 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. |