Strong's G3565 · Greek

νύμφη

numphe · noom-fay'

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

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

νύμφη (G3565)

8 νύμφη , -ης, ἡ , [in LXX chiefly for כַּלָּה ;] cl., a bride , young wife , young woman : Mt 25:1 , WH, mg., Jo 3:29 , Re 18:23 21:2 , 9 22:17 . As freq. in LXX ( Ge 38:11 , al., for כַּלָּה ; bride ; daughter-in-law ) and in MGr. ( νύφφη, νύφη ), a daughter-in-law : Mt 10:35 , Lk 12:53 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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