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Strong G3566νυμφίος

bridegroom

Transliteration
numphios
Pronunciation
noom-fee'-os
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G3565; a bride groom (literally or figuratively): - bridegroom.

Detailed definition

νυμφίος, -ου, ὁ
(νύμφη), [in LXX for חָתָן;]
a bridegroom: Mat.9:15 25:1, 5-6 25:10, Mrk.2:19-20, Luk.5:34-35, Jhn.2:9 3:29, Rev.18:23.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3566 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bridegroom12

First verses

  1. Matthew 9:15
    And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
  2. Matthew 25:1
    Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
  3. Matthew 25:5
    While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
  4. Matthew 25:6
    And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
  5. Matthew 25:10
    And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
  6. Mark 2:19
    And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
  7. Mark 2:20
    But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
  8. Luke 5:34
    And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
  9. Luke 5:35
    But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
  10. John 2:9
    When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
  11. John 3:29
    He 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.
  12. Revelation 18:23
    And 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νυμφ-ίος, ὁ,
bridegroom, παιδὸς ὀδύρεται ὀστέα καίων νυμφίου [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.223; τὸν μὲν ἄκουρον ἐόντα βάλ᾽.. νυμφίον ἐν μεγάρῳ μίαν οἴην παῖδα λιπόντα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.65; ἁρμόζων κόρᾳ ν. ἄνδρα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.118, etc.; ζῆτε νυμφίων βίον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 161)]; opposed to νύμφη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 783e: in _plural_, τοῖς νεωστὶ νυμφίοις)] to the bridal pair, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 366, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 757 (Lyric poetry))]; νυμφίοισι παρθένοις occurs in Ps.-[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 741.)]
2 son-in-law, [LXX (LXX.Josh.15.6.)]
II as adjective νύμφιος, α, ον, bridal, τράπεζα νυμφία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.16; λέκτρα “epigram Gr.” 373 (from Aezani).)]