noun · masculine

numfōnos

Greekνυμφών (numfōn)

Strong’sG3567

a bridal chamber

stem numfōn-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

bridegroom3×

What it means

**† νυμφών, -ῶνος, ὁ

(< νύμφη), [in LXX: To 6:13, 16*;]

the bride-chamber (Heb. חֻפָּה, LXX, παστός, Ps 18 (19):5, Jl 2:16): Mt 22:10 (WH; γάμος, RV); οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ ν. (cf. cl. νυμφαγωγός, νυμφευτής), the bridegroom's friends who have charge of the nuptial arrangements: Mt 9:15, Mk 2:19, Lk 5:34.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3567 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidnoom-fohn'

the bridal room

Fromfrom G3565;

King Jamesbridechamber.

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	numfōnos	numfōnois
object accusative	numfōnon	numfōnoin
direct address vocative	numfōnor	numfōnoir
of, belonging to genitive	numfōnou3×νυμφῶνος	numfōnoiu
to, for dative	numfōno	numfōnoi

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

numfōnstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

numfōno 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

numfōnou“bridegroom”of, belonging togenitive singular3×

Matthew 9:15“bridegroom”kai legata autoi tos Iēsus; Mē dunelō tois huiois tou numfōnou pentharō epi hoson meta autoiu atō tos numfios? ercheli de hēmerais hotan apairiteia apo autoiu tos numfios, kai tote nēsteuali.Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

Mark 2:19“bridegroom”kai legata autoi tos Iēsus; Mē dunelō tois huiois tou numfōnou en ho tos numfios meta autoiu atō nēsteuarō? hoson chronon echalō ton numfion meta autoiu ouk dunelō nēsteuarō;Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.

Luke 5:34“bridegroom”tos de legata pros autoin; Mē dunevō toin huioin tou numfōnou en ho tos numfios meta autoiu atō poiara nēsteuara?Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?