Strong's Lexicon
G3565 — νύμφη
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3565 |
|---|---|
| Word: | νύμφη |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a primary but obsolete verb nupto "to veil as a bride"; (in Latin nupto, "to marry") |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 8 |
| Transliteration: | numphe |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | noom'-fay |
| Meaning: | 1. a young married woman (as veiled), including a betrothed girl 2. (by implication) a son's wife |
| KJV Renderings: | bride, daughter in law |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νύμφη, νύμφης, ἡ (apparently allied with Latinnubo; Vanicek, p. 429f), the Sept. for ëÇÌìÈÌä;
1. a betrothed woman, a bride: Joh 3:29; Rev 18:23; Rev 21:2; Rev 21:9; Rev 22:17.
2. in the Greek writings from Homer down, a recently married woman, young wife; a young woman; hence, in Biblical and ecclesiastical Greek, like the Hebrew ëÇÌìÈÌä (which signifies both a bride and a daughter-in-law (cf. Winers Grammar, 32)), a daughter-inlaw: Mat 10:35; Luk 12:53. (Mic 7:6; Gen 11:31; (Gen 38:11); Rth 1:6 (etc.); also Josephus, Antiquities 5, 9, 1.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
νύμφη (bride)
Matthew 10:35
- KJV: For 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
- GK: ήλθον γαρ διχάσαι άνθρωπον κατά του πατρός αυτού και θυγατέρα κατά της μητρός αυτής και νύμφην κατά της πενθεράς αυτής
Luke 12:53
- KJV: The 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
- GK: διαμερισθήσεται πατήρ εφ΄ υιώ και υιός επί πατρί μήτηρ επί θυγατρί και θυγάτηρ επί μητρί πενθερά επί την νύμφην αυτής και νύμφη επί την πενθεράν αυτης
John 3:29
- KJV: 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
- GK: ο έχων την νύμφην νυμφίος εστίν ο δε φίλος του νυμφίου ο εστηκώς και ακούων αυτού χαρά χαίρει διά την φωνήν του νυμφίου αύτη ούν η χαρά η εμή πεπλήρωται
Revelation 18:23
- KJV: 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
- GK: και φως λύχνου ου φανή εν σοι έτι και φωνή νυμφίου και νύμφης ου ακουσθή εν σοι έτι ότι οι έμποροί σου ήσαν οι μεγιστάνες της γης ότι εν τη φαρμακεία σου επλανήθησαν πάντα τα έθνη
Revelation 21:2
- KJV: And I John saw the holy city new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband
- GK: και την πόλιν την αγίαν Ιερουσαλήμ καινήν ειδον καταβαίνουσαν από του θεού εκ του ουρανού ητοιμασμένην ως νύμφην κεκοσμημένην τω ανδρί αυτής
Revelation 21:9
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και ήλθεν εις εκ των επτά αγγέλων των εχόντων τας επτά φιάλας γεμούσας των επτά πληγών των εσχάτων και ελάλησε μετ΄ εμού λέγων δεύρο δείξω σοι την γυναίκα την νύμφην του αρνίου
Revelation 22:17
- KJV: And 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
- GK: και το πνεύμα και η νυμφή λέγουσιν έρχου και ο ακούων ειπάτω έρχου και ο διψών ερχέσθω ο θέλων λαβέτω ύδωρ ζωής δωρεάν