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DAUGHTER-IN-LAW ( íýìöç ).—The Greek word is presumably derived from the lost root íýâù , Lat nubo, ‘to cover,’ inasmuch as the bride was brought veiled to her bridegroom. Although the word applies to married women in general, its associated idea is that of youth. Hence its antithesis with ðåíèåñÜ , the mother-in-law (Mat_10:35, (Luk_12:53). The son usually brought his bride to his father’s house, where she was subject to the father’s wife, as was the son to the father and the daughter to the mother (Mat_10:35, Luk_12:53).
Henry E. Dosker.