Bride
νύμφηStrong’s G3565numphē
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Numphē is the Greek word usually translated “bride” and “daughter-in-law”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.”
Meaning
Usually translated “bride” and “daughter-in-law”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- bride 3
- daughter-in-law 2
- a bride 2
- a daughter-in-law 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 4
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
- John 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 12:53The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
- John 3:29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
- Revelation 18:23And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
- Revelation 21:2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Revelation 21:9And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
- Revelation 22:17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Greek dictionary
νύμφη numphē · bride
νύμφη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for כַּלָּה ;] 1. cl., a bride, young wife, young woman: Mat.25:1, WH, mg., Jhn.3:29, Rev.18:23 21:2, 9 22:17. 2. As frequently in LXX (Gen.38:11, al., for כַּלָּה; (a) bride; (b) daughter-in-law) and in MGr. (νύφφη, νύφη), a daughter-in-law: Mat.10:35, Luk.12:53.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bride” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BRIDE, noun
- A woman new married.
- A woman espoused, or contracted to be married.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.