Quick Definition
νύμφη, ης, ἡ n.f. a bride, daughter-in-law
Strong's Definition
compare Latin "nupto," to marry); a young married woman (as veiled), including a betrothed girl; by implication, a son's wife
Derivation: from a primary but obsolete verb (to veil as a bride;
KJV Usage: bride, daughter in law
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης | νυμφίος · νυμφών
10.57 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Based upon Marriage
bride a woman who is about to be married or who has just been married As in the case of ‘bridegroom’ (10.56), it may be necessary in some languages to indicate with ‘bride’ whether the person has just been married or is about to be married.
10.60 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Based upon Marriage
daughter-in-law the wife of one’s son For languages which do not have specific terms for ‘mother- in-law’ and ‘daughter-in-law’ it may be possible to render LUK 12:53 by translating ‘women will be against the wives of their sons, and young women will be against the mothers of their husbands.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νύμφη, -ns, ἡ, (appar. allied w. Lat. nubo; Vanicek p. 429 sq.), Sept. for 793; 1. a betrothed woman, a bride: Jn. iii. 29; Rev. xviii. 23; xxi. 2,9; xxii. 17. 2. in the Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down, a recently married woman, young wife; a young woman; hence in bibl. and eccl. Grk., like the Hebr. 743 (which signifies both a bride and a daughter-in-law [ef. W. 32]), a daughter-inlaw: Mt.x.35; Lk. xii.53. (Mie. vii.6; Gen. xi. 31; [xxxviii. 11]; Ruth i. 6, [ete.]; also Joseph. antt. 95, 9, 1.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νύμφη nymphē 8x
a bride, Jn. 3:29; Rev. 18:23; 21:2, 9; 22:17; opposed to πενθερά, a daughter-in-law, Mt. 10:35; Lk. 12:53*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νύμφη (numphē) — bride. 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+]