νύμφη
nýmphē · G3565 · Greek · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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bride
A woman who is about to be married or who has just been married
ExamplesJohn 3:29 “He who has the bride is the groom; but the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly because of the groom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.
Revelation 18:23 and the light of a lamp will never shine in you again; and the voice of the groom and bride will never be heard in you again; for your merchants were the powerful people of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your witchcraft.
Revelation 21:2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
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daughter-in-law
The wife of one’s son
ExamplesMatthew 10:35 “For I came to TURN A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW;
Luke 12:53 They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.
How it’s used In 7 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κοσμέωto beautify 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- γυνήwoman, wife 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔρχομαιto come 1
- λέγωto say 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- δεικνύωto show 1
- ἔχωto have 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπίon 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- φωνήvoice, sound 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- כַּלָּה kallâh · H3618 · daughter-in-law, bride
- כַּלָּה (kallâh, H3618) כַּלָּה is the standard Hebrew term for bride/daughter-in-law, serving as the direct translation equivalent of νύμφη (nýmphē, G3565) νύμφη across the semantic range of young married woman, betrothed bride, and son's wife.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Bride10.57
- Describing his own subordinate joy, John the Baptist says in John 3:29, “He who has the bride is the groom; but the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly because of the groom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made full,” where “bride” renders this noun.
- Daughter-in-law10.60
- Describing the division Jesus brings, Matthew 10:35 states “For I came to TURN A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW,” where “DAUGHTER-IN-LAW” renders this same noun in its distinct sense as a son's wife.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon νύμφης, ἡ (apparently allied with Latinnubo; Vanicek, p. 429f), the Sept. for כַּלָּה; 1.…
1. a betrothed woman, a bride: Jn 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 כַּלָּה (which signifies both a bride and a daughter-in-law (cf. Winers Grammar, 32)), a daughter-inlaw: Mt 10:35; Lk 12:53. (Mic 7:6; Gen 11:31; (Gen 38:11); Ruth 1:6 (etc.); also Josephus, Antiquities 5, 9, 1.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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