franklinmonroe said:
AF, I'm a bit surprised by your dictionary.com offerring. You know that the KJV is not "plain" English that can be found in just any dictionary. Please show us the 1828 Webster's definition, or an equivalent. Thanks
In my opinion the KJV
is the definition of English. That, however, is not at issue. The accusation is that the KJV is (in this case) mistranslated and misleading.
Evidence that it is not mistranslated may be found in the many uses of "daughter" or "son" where it is clear (from context) that an indirect relationship is indicated.
Evidence that it is not misleading may be found in a current dictionary.
I don't use Webster's dictionary since it doesn't recognize English as spoken South of the Mason-Dixon Line. I recommend the American Heritage or the Oxford English dictionary.
To address your concerns, however, please consider usage citations from the Oxford English Dictionary entry below. The earliest are mostly Bible related.
From OED.com entry for daughter:
2. transf. a. A female descendant; a female member of a family, race, etc.; a woman in relation to her native country or place. (Cf. CHILD 9.)
c1000 Ags. Gosp. John xii. 15 Ne ondræd u Siones dohtor. c1160 Hatton G. ibid., Ne on-dræd u e Syones dohter. 1382 WYCLIF Judg. xiv. 1 A womman of the doutris of Philistien. 1382 Luke xiii. 16 This doutre of Abraham. Ibid. xxiii. 28 Doutris of Jerusalem. 1667 MILTON P.L. I. 453 The Love-tale Infected Sions daughters with like heat. 1812 BYRON Ch. Har. II. lxxxi, Danced on the shore the daughters of the land. 1833 TENNYSON Lady Clara Vere de Vere i, The daughter of a hundred Earls. 1850 In Mem. Concl. ii, A daughter of our house. 1855 Brook 69 A daughter of our meadows.
note: transf. = transferred sense.
My conclusion is that this word usage hasn't changed for 1000 years.
