Strong G3565νύμφη
bride
- Transliteration
- numphē
- Pronunciation
- noom-fay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From a primary but obsolete verb νύπτω nuptō (to veil as a bride; compare the Latin nupto to marry); a young married woman (as veiled) including a betrothed girl; by implication a son's wife: - bride daughter in law.
Detailed definition
νύμφη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for כַּלָּה;]
1. cl., a bride, young wife, young woman: Mat.25:1, WH, mg., Jhn.3:29, Rev.18:23 21:2, 9 22:17.
2. As frequently in LXX (Gen.38:11, al., for כַּלָּה;
__(a) bride;
__(b) daughter-in-law) and in MGr. (νύφφη, νύφη), a daughter-in-law: Mat.10:35, Luk.12:53.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for כַּלָּה;]
1. cl., a bride, young wife, young woman: Mat.25:1, WH, mg., Jhn.3:29, Rev.18:23 21:2, 9 22:17.
2. As frequently in LXX (Gen.38:11, al., for כַּלָּה;
__(a) bride;
__(b) daughter-in-law) and in MGr. (νύφφη, νύφη), a daughter-in-law: Mat.10:35, Luk.12:53.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3565 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bride5
- law2
First verses
- Matthew 10:35For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
- Luke 12:53The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
- John 3:29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
- Revelation 18:23And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
- Revelation 21:2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Revelation 21:9And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
- Revelation 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
νύμφ-η, ἡ
(Epic dialect vocative νύμφᾰ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.130, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.743)] (Aeolic dialect accusative to [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.304))]; later also as nominative, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 14.43)]; but Doric dialect νύμφᾱ), young wife, bride, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.492, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.172; ν. ἄγεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 529; Ἀελίοιο 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.14)]; opposed to νυμφίος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 783e)]; opposed to παρθένος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Praxilla Lyrica 5, “Comica Adespota” 1215; always relatively young, as Iris calls Helen, or as Eurycleia calls Penelope, νύμφα φίλη 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.130, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.743, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 150, “Andr.” 140 (both Lyric poetry).)]
2 marriageable maiden, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.560, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 298.)]
3 daughter-in-law, [LXX+NT (LXX.1Ki.4.19, NT.Matt.10.35.)]
4 young girl, πενταέτης ν. [Refs (“IG” 14.2040.2.)]
II “Nymph” or goddess of lower rank, θεαὶ Νύμφαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.616, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 130, “fragment” 171.5, +others, “IG” 12(8).358 (Thasos, 5th c.BC); N. κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.105; N. ἅλιαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1470)] (anapaest meter; compare Ναϊάς, Νηρηΐς); N. Ὀρεστιάδες, Ὀρειάδες, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.420, 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.19, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1098 (Lyric poetry); N. Μελίαι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 187, compare Ἀδρυάδες, Ἁμαδρυάδες, Δρυάδες)]; N. ὑάδες, ὑδριάδες, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 180, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 18)]; N. λειμωνιάδες, πετραῖαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1454 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 805.)]
II.2 especially of springs, ὀνομάζεσθαι τὰς πηγὰς N. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.465a, compare 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 11.28)]: hence, poetically, water, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Anthologia Graeca 9.258 (1st c.AD: Antiphanes Macedo Epigrammaticus), 331 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.147f.)]
II.3 in mystical theology, Ζεὺς ἄμβροτος ἔπλετο ν. [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 21a4.)]
II.3.b applied to souls seeking birth, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 18)]; compare νυμφεύω.
III doll, puppet, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 6.274 (4th c.AD: Perses Epigrammaticus), 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Caesares” 332d.)]
IV young bee or wasp, in the pupa stage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 551b2, 555a3.)]
IV.b winged male of the ant, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
V kind of mollusc, Speusipp. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.105b.)]
VI point of the ploughshare, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.252, Procl.ad 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 425.)]
VII hollow between the under-lip and chin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 42, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.90, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
VII.b depression on the shoulder of horses, [Refs (“Hippiatrica” 26.)]
VIII opening rosebud, [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]
IX clitoris, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 112, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 15.3.)]
X niche, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 2.)]
(Epic dialect vocative νύμφᾰ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.130, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.743)] (Aeolic dialect accusative to [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.304))]; later also as nominative, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 14.43)]; but Doric dialect νύμφᾱ), young wife, bride, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.492, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.172; ν. ἄγεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 529; Ἀελίοιο 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.14)]; opposed to νυμφίος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 783e)]; opposed to παρθένος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Praxilla Lyrica 5, “Comica Adespota” 1215; always relatively young, as Iris calls Helen, or as Eurycleia calls Penelope, νύμφα φίλη 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.130, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.743, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 150, “Andr.” 140 (both Lyric poetry).)]
2 marriageable maiden, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.560, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 298.)]
3 daughter-in-law, [LXX+NT (LXX.1Ki.4.19, NT.Matt.10.35.)]
4 young girl, πενταέτης ν. [Refs (“IG” 14.2040.2.)]
II “Nymph” or goddess of lower rank, θεαὶ Νύμφαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.616, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 130, “fragment” 171.5, +others, “IG” 12(8).358 (Thasos, 5th c.BC); N. κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.105; N. ἅλιαι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1470)] (anapaest meter; compare Ναϊάς, Νηρηΐς); N. Ὀρεστιάδες, Ὀρειάδες, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.420, 2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus 1.19, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1098 (Lyric poetry); N. Μελίαι 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 187, compare Ἀδρυάδες, Ἁμαδρυάδες, Δρυάδες)]; N. ὑάδες, ὑδριάδες, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 180, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 18)]; N. λειμωνιάδες, πετραῖαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1454 (_anapaest meter_), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 805.)]
II.2 especially of springs, ὀνομάζεσθαι τὰς πηγὰς N. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.465a, compare 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 11.28)]: hence, poetically, water, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Anthologia Graeca 9.258 (1st c.AD: Antiphanes Macedo Epigrammaticus), 331 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus), compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.147f.)]
II.3 in mystical theology, Ζεὺς ἄμβροτος ἔπλετο ν. [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 21a4.)]
II.3.b applied to souls seeking birth, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 18)]; compare νυμφεύω.
III doll, puppet, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 6.274 (4th c.AD: Perses Epigrammaticus), 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Caesares” 332d.)]
IV young bee or wasp, in the pupa stage, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 551b2, 555a3.)]
IV.b winged male of the ant, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
V kind of mollusc, Speusipp. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 3.105b.)]
VI point of the ploughshare, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.252, Procl.ad 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 425.)]
VII hollow between the under-lip and chin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 42, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.90, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
VII.b depression on the shoulder of horses, [Refs (“Hippiatrica” 26.)]
VIII opening rosebud, [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]
IX clitoris, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 112, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 15.3.)]
X niche, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 2.)]