Strong's Concordance numphé: a bride, a young woman Original Word: νύμφη, ης, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: numphé Phonetic Spelling: (noom-fay') Short Definition: a bride, daughter-in-law Definition: (a) a bride, young wife, young woman, (b) a daughter-in-law. HELPS Word-studies 3565 nýmphē (the root of 3567 /nymphṓn, "bridal chamber, with the marriage-bed for sexual relations") – bride (a newly married spouse). 3565 (nýmphē) "signifies both bride and a daughter-in-law (Mt 10:35; Lk 12:53)" (J. Thayer). 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.) 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. Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 35658 Occurrences νύμφη — 2 Occ. νύμφην — 5 Occ. νύμφης — 1 Occ. Matthew 10:35 N-AFS GRK: αὐτῆς καὶ νύμφην κατὰ τῆς NAS: HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST KJV: and the daughter in law against INT: of her and a daughter-in-law against the Luke 12:53 N-AFS Luke 12:53 N-NFS John 3:29 N-AFS Revelation 18:23 N-GFS Revelation 21:2 N-AFS Revelation 21:9 N-AFS Revelation 22:17 N-NFS |