Lexical Summary nymphē: a bride, a young woman Original Word: νύμφηTransliteration: nymphē Phonetic Spelling: (noom-fay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a bride, a young woman Meaning: a bride, a young woman Strong's Concordance bride, daughter in law. From a primary but obsolete verb nupto (to veil as a bride; compare Latin "nupto," to marry); a young married woman (as veiled), including a betrothed girl; by implication, a son's wife -- bride, daughter in law. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3565: νύμφηνύμφη, νύμφης, ἡ (apparently allied with Latinnubo; Vanicek, p. 429f), the Sept. for כַּלָּה; 1. a betrothed woman, a bride: John 3:29; Revelation 18:23; Revelation 21:2, 9; Revelation 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 כַּלָּה (which signifies both a bride and a daughter-in-law (cf. Winers Grammar, 32)), a daughter-inlaw: Matthew 10:35; Luke 12:53. (Micah 7:6; Genesis 11:31; (Genesis 38:11); Ruth 1:6 (etc.); also Josephus, Antiquities 5, 9, 1.) |
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