( voc.
1. young wife, bride, Il. 18.492, Hdt. 4.172;
2. marriageable maiden, Il. 9.560, Hes. Th. 298.
3. daughter-in-law, LXX 1Sa 4:19, Mat 10:35.
4. young girl,
II
1. Nymph or goddess of lower rank,
2. esp. of springs,
3. in mystical theology,
III doll, puppet, AP 6.274 (Pers.), Jul. Caes. 332d. young bee or wasp, in the pupa stage, Arist. HA 551b2, 555a3. winged male of the ant, Hsch. kind of mollusc, Speusipp. ap. Ath. 3.105b. point of the ploughshare, Poll. 1.252, Procl.ad Hes. Op. 425. hollow between the under-lip and chin, Ruf. Onom. 42, Poll. 2.90, Hsch. depression on the shoulder of horses, Hippiatr. 26. opening rosebud, Phot. clitoris, Ruf. Onom. 112, Gal. UP 15.3. niche, Callix. 2.
a bride, Joh 3:29; Rev 18:23; Rev 21:2; Rev 21:9; Rev 22:17;
opposed to
G3565 —
1. a betrothed woman, a bride: Joh 3:29; Rev 18:23; Rev 21:2, Rev 21:9; Rev 22:17.
2. in the Greek writings from Homer down, a recently married woman, young wife; a young woman; hence, in Biblical and ecclesiastical Greek, like the Hebrew
νύμφη , - ης , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H3618;]
1. cl ., a bride, young wife, young woman: Mat 25:1, WH , mg ., Joh 3:29, Rev 18:23; Rev 21:2; Rev 21:9; Rev 22:17.
2. As freq . in LXX (Gen 38:11, al. , for H3618;
(a) bride;
(b) daughter-in-law) and in MGr . ( νύφφη , νύφη ), a daughter-in-law: Mat 10:35, Luk 12:53. †