noun · feminine
numfas
Greekνύμφη (numfē)
Strong’sG3565
a bride, daughter-in-law
stem numf-8 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
νύμφη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for כַּלָּה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3565 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnoom-fay'
compare Latin "nupto," to marry); a young married woman (as veiled), including a betrothed girl; by implication, a son's wife
Fromfrom a primary but obsolete verb νύπτω (to veil as a bride;
King Jamesbride, daughter in law.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | numfas2×νύμφη | numfais |
| object accusative | numfan5×νύμφην | numfain |
| direct address vocative | numfar | numfair |
| of, belonging to genitive | numfau1×νύμφης | numfaiu |
| to, for dative | numfa | numfai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
numfa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
numfas“bride”subjectnominative singular2×
Luke 12:53“daughter-in-law”diamerizili patēros epi huio kai huios epi patēro, mētēras epi thugatēran kai thugatēras epi tan mētēran, pentheras epi tan numfan autau kai numfas epi tan pentheran.They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
Revelation 22:17“bride”kai tem pneumem kai tas numfas legalō; Erchesōr; kai tos akouarōtos legatar; Erchesōr; kai tos dipsarōtos erchetōr, tos thelarōtos lambatar hudōrem zōau dōreōs.The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
numfan“bride”objectaccusative singular5×
Matthew 10:35“daughter-in-law”erchama gar dichazara anthrōpon kata tou patērou autou kai thugatēran kata tau mētērau autau kai numfan kata tau pentherau autau,For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Luke 12:53“daughter-in-law”diamerizili patēros epi huio kai huios epi patēro, mētēras epi thugatēran kai thugatēras epi tan mētēran, pentheras epi tan numfan autau kai numfas epi tan pentheran.They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
John 3:29“bride”tos echarōtos tan numfan numfios atō; tos de filos tou numfiou tos histanarētos kai akouarōtos autou, chara chairatō dia tan fōnan tou numfiou. houtas oun tas charas tas ēmas plēritē.The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
Revelation 21:2“bride”kai tan politan tan hagian Ierousalēm kainan horama katabainarōtan ek tou ouranou apo tou theou, hetoimazirētan hōs numfan kosmirētan to anēro autau.I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:9“bride”Kai erchata henos ek toiu hepta angeloiu toiu echarōtoiu tain hepta fialain, teiu gemarōteiu taiu hepta plēgaiu taiu eschataiu, kai lalata meta mu legarōtos; Deuro, deiknuami si tan numfan tan gunaikan teu arnieu.Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
numfau“bride”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Revelation 18:23“bride”kai fōtem luchnou ouk mē fainateia en si ēti, kai fōnas numfiou kai numfau ouk mē akouiteia en si ēti; hoti tois emporois su ale tois megistanois tau gēau, hoti en ta farmakeia su planila panteim teim ethneim,The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”