νυμφίος
nymphíos · G3566 · Greek · 16 occurrences
Meanings
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bridegroom
A man who is about to be married or has just been married
ExamplesMatthew 9:15 And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Matthew 25:1 “Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom.
Matthew 25:5 “Now while the groom was delaying, they all became drowsy and began to sleep.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἀπαίρωto lead off 3
- ἔρχομαιto come 1
- χρονίζωto be late 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
- φωνέωto call, to cry out 1
What it is said to bePredicate
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 3
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- φωνήvoice, sound 2
- ὑπάντησιςmeeting 1
- φίλοςfriend 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
- חָתָן châthân · H2860 · bridegroom, son-in-law
- Direct translation equivalent denoting the male participant in a marriage ceremony or relationship, used both literally (wedding context) and figuratively (messianic bridegroom imagery).
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Bridegroom10.56
- Teaching about fasting, Matthew 9:15 states “And Jesus said to them, ‘The attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast,’” where “groom” renders this noun for the bridegroom.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon νυμφίου, ὁ (νύμφη), a bridegroom: Mt 9:15; Mt 25:1, Mt 25:5f, 10; Mk 2:19; Lk 5:34; Jn…
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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