νύμφηnýmphē
compare Latin "nupto," to marry); a young married woman (as veiled), including a betrothed girl; by implication, a son's wife
Greek (New Testament) · G3565
Meanings
1. classical Greek, a bride, young wife, young woman: Matthew 25:1, WH, margin, John 3:29, Revelation 18:23, Revelation 21:2, Revelation 21:9, Revelation 22:17.
2. As frequently in LXX (Genesis 38:11, and elsewhere, for כַּלָּה
(a) bride
(b) daughter-in-law) and in MGr. (νύφφη, νύφη), a daughter-in-law: Matthew 10:35, Luke 12:53.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 10:35 ‘I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
- Luke 12:53 ‘Father will be divided against son and son against father; mother against daughter and daughter against mother; and mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’”
- John 3:29 It is the bridegroom who marries the bride, and the bridegroom’s friend is simply glad to stand with him and hear his vows. Therefore, I am filled with joy at his success.
- Revelation 18:23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The happy voices of brides and grooms will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the greatest in the world, and you deceived the nations with your sorceries.
- Revelation 21:2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
- Revelation 21:9 Then one of the seven angels who held the seven bowls containing the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come with me! I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.