bride

Greek Noun Female

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)

bride

Greek Noun Female

νύμφ-η, ἡ (Epic dialect vocative νύμφᾰ [Refs 8th c.BC+] (Aeolic dialect accusative to [Refs 4th c.AD+]; later also as nominative, [Refs]; but Doric dialect νύμφᾱ), young wife, bride, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to νυμφίος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to παρθένος, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 2) marriageable maiden, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 3) daughter-in-law, [LXX+NT] 4) young girl, πενταέτης ν. [Refs] II) “Nymph” or goddess of lower rank, θεαὶ Νύμφαι [Refs 8th c.BC+] (anapaest meter; compare Ναϊάς, Νηρηΐς); N. Ὀρεστιάδες, Ὀρειάδες, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; N. ὑάδες, ὑδριάδες, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; N. λειμωνιάδες, πετραῖαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) especially of springs, ὀνομάζεσθαι τὰς πηγὰς N. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: hence, poetically, water, [Refs 1st c.BC+] II.3) in mystical theology, Ζεὺς ἄμβροτος ἔπλετο ν. [Refs 5th c.AD+] II.3.b) applied to souls seeking birth, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; compare νυμφεύω. III) doll, puppet, [Refs 4th c.AD+] IV) young bee or wasp, in the pupa stage, [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV.b) winged male of the ant, [Refs 5th c.AD+] V) kind of mollusc, Speusipp. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+] VI) point of the ploughshare, [Refs 8th c.BC+] VII) hollow between the under-lip and chin, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] VII.b) depression on the shoulder of horses, [Refs] VIII) opening rosebud, [Refs 9th c.AD+] IX) clitoris, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] X) niche, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

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; from a primary but obsolete verb (to veil as a bride;