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Strong G3567νυμφών

bridegroom

Transliteration
numphōn
Pronunciation
noom-fohn'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G3565; the bridal room: - bridechamber.

Detailed definition

νυμφών, -ῶνος, ὁ
(νύμφη), [in LXX: Tob.6:13,16*;]
the bride-chamber (Heb. חֻפָּה, LXX, παστός, Psa.19:5, Jol.2:16): Mat.22:10 (WE; γάμος, RV); οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ ν. (cf. cl. νυμφαγωγός, νυμφευτής), the bridegroom's friends who have charge of the nuptial arrangements: Mat.9:15, Mrk.2:19, Luk.5:34.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3567 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bridechamber3

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. 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.
  3. Luke 5:34
    And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νυμφ-ών, ῶνος, ὁ,
bridechamber, [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Tob.6.14, NT.Matt.9.15, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 7.145, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.8, “PLond.” 3.964.19 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
II temple of Dionysus, Demeter, and Persephone, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.11.3.)]
III a kind of νυμφαία, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.132.)]