Lexical Definition

‎νύμφη‎ nýmphē (noom-fay') bride G:N-F
from a primary but obsolete verb (to veil as a bride

bride, daughter in law.

Usage: 7 forms in 45 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
νύμφησ a bride Rev.18.23
his daughter-in-law LXX.Lev.20.12
of a bride LXX.Jer.33.11
of bride LXX.Jer.7.34 • LXX.Jer.25.10
of your daughter-in-law LXX.Lev.18.15
νύμφην a bride LXX.Isa.61.10 • LXX.Joel.1.8 • Rev.21.2
a daughter-in-law Matt.10.35
bride John.3.29 • Rev.21.9
daughter-in-law Luke.12.53
her daughter-in-law LXX.Ruth.2.22
his daughter-in-law LXX.Gen.11.31 • LXX.Ezek.22.11
νύμφη O bride LXX.Song.4.8 • LXX.Song.4.9 • LXX.Song.4.10 • LXX.Song.4.11 • LXX.Song.4.12 • LXX.Song.5.1
a bride LXX.2Sam.17.3 • LXX.Isa.62.5
bride LXX.Jer.2.32 • LXX.Joel.2.16 • Rev.22.17
daughter-in-law LXX.Mic.7.6 • Luke.12.53
her daughter-in-law LXX.Ruth.1.22 • LXX.Ruth.2.20
his daughter-in-law LXX.Gen.38.11 • LXX.Gen.38.13 • LXX.Gen.38.16 • LXX.1Sam.4.19 • LXX.1Chr.2.4
of a bride LXX.Isa.49.18
your daughter-in-law LXX.Gen.38.24 • LXX.Ruth.4.15
νύμφασ your daughters-in-law LXX.Hos.4.14
νύμφαισ daughters-in-law LXX.Ruth.1.8
νύμφαι daughter-in-laws LXX.Ruth.1.6 • LXX.Ruth.1.7
your brides LXX.Hos.4.13
νυμφήσ of bride LXX.Jer.16.9

Abbott-Smith

νύμφη, -ης, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for כַּלָּה;]
1. cl., a bride, young wife, young woman: Mt 25:1, WH, mg., Jo 3:29, Re 18:23 21:2, 9 22:17.
2. As freq. in LXX (Ge 38:11, al., for כַּלָּה;
(a) bride;
(b) daughter-in-law) and in MGr. (νύφφη, νύφη), a daughter-in-law: Mt 10:35, Lk 12:53.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Genesis 38:11
Matthew 10:35 · 25:1
Luke 12:53
John 3:29
Revelation 18:23 · 21:2 · 21:9 · 22:17

Liddell-Scott-Jones

νύμφη-η, ἡ

(Epic dialect vocative νύμφηᾰ [Refs 8th c.BC+] (Aeolic dialect accusative to [Refs 4th c.AD+]; later also as nominative, [Refs]; but Doric dialect νύμφηᾱ), young wife, bride, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to νυμφίος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to παρθένος, [νύμφηα φίλη 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.130, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.743, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 150, “Andr.” 140 (both Lyric poetry). ">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+]

LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.1Kgs.4.19* ☩ Matt.10.35