UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: νυμφών; -ῶνος

Related lemmas: νύμφη

Sense 1: wedding hall

Semantic entry: 7.34

Semantic domains: Constructions

Subdomains: Parts and Areas of Buildings

Definition: a relatively large room, often serving as a place for a wedding

Notes: Υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος, literally ‘sons of the wedding hall,’ is an idiom denoting the bridegroom’s friends or the wedding guests (see 11.7: υἱός).

MAT 9:15: RV MAT 9:15 · LV MAT 9:15 · Read together MAT 9:15

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OET-RV MAT 9:15

15 And Yeshua replied to them, “Surely the groomsmen aren’t sad while the groom is with them? But the time will come when the groom has to leave them, and then they’ll fast.

OET-LV MAT 9:15

15 And the Yaʸsous said to _them:
The sons of _the bridal _chamber are_ not _being _able to _be _mourning, because/for as _long _as the bridegroom is with them?
But days will _be _coming when the bridegroom may _be _taken _away from them, and then they _will _be _fasting.

MRK 2:19: RV MRK 2:19 · LV MRK 2:19 · Read together MRK 2:19

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OET-RV MRK 2:19

19 “Can the groomsmen fast when they’re celebrating along with him?” Yeshua answered, “No, as long as he’s still there, they won’t be fasting.

OET-LV MRK 2:19

19 And the Yaʸsous said to _them:
The sons of _the bridal _chamber in which the bridegroom is with them are_ not _being _able to _be _fasting?
As _long _as time they _are _having the bridegroom with them, are_ not _being _able to _be _fasting.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 9:15 · LV MAT 9:15 · Read together MAT 9:15

MRK: RV MRK 2:19 · LV MRK 2:19 · Read together MRK 2:19

LUK: RV LUK 5:34 · LV LUK 5:34 · Read together LUK 5:34

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

νυμφών

Form 1

Sense 1: wedding hall