UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, f.

Inflections: νύμφη; -ης

Related lemmas: νυμφίος · νυμφών

Sense 1: bride

Semantic entry: 10.57

Semantic domains: Kinship Terms

Subdomains: Kinship Relations Based upon Marriage

Definition: a woman who is about to be married or who has just been married

Notes: As in the case of ‘bridegroom’ (10.56: νυμφίος), it may be necessary in some languages to indicate with ‘bride’ whether the person has just been married or is about to be married.

JHN 3:29: RV JHN 3:29 · LV JHN 3:29 · Read together JHN 3:29

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OET-RV JHN 3:29

29 It’s the groom that has the bride—the best man is happy because he sees that the groom is happy. So I’m actually completely happy with all this.

OET-LV JHN 3:29

29 The one having the bride, is the_bridegroom, but the friend of _the bridegroom, the one having _stood and hearing from _him, is _rejoicing with _joy because _of the voice of _the bridegroom.
Therefore this the my the joy has _been _fulfilled.

REV 18:23: RV REV 18:23 · LV REV 18:23 · Read together REV 18:23

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OET-RV REV 18:23

23 There definitely won’t be any more lamps illuminating you, nor will there be any more happy wedding sounds. Your merchants were the best in the world because all the nations were deceived by your witchcraft.

OET-LV REV 18:23

23 and the_light of _lamp by _no _means not may _shine in you anymore, and the_voice of_a_bridegroom and of_a_bride by _no _means not may _be _heard in you anymore, because the merchants of _you were the magnates of _the earth, because by the sorcery of _you were _deceived all the nations.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 3:29 · LV JHN 3:29 · Read together JHN 3:29

REV: RV REV 18:23 · RV REV 21:2 · RV REV 21:9 · RV REV 22:17 · LV REV 18:23 · LV REV 21:2 · LV REV 21:9 · LV REV 22:17 · Read together REV 18:23 · Read together REV 21:2 · Read together REV 21:9 · Read together REV 22:17

Sense 2: daughter-in-law

Semantic entry: 10.60

Semantic domains: Kinship Terms

Subdomains: Kinship Relations Based upon Marriage

Definition: the wife of one’s son

Notes: For languages which do not have specific terms for ‘mother- in-law’ and ‘daughter-in-law’ it may be possible to render RV LUK 12:53 · LV LUK 12:53 · Read together LUK 12:53 by translating ‘women will be against the wives of their sons, and young women will be against the mothers of their husbands.’

MAT 10:35: RV MAT 10:35 · LV MAT 10:35 · Read together MAT 10:35

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OET-RV MAT 10:35

35 because I came to divide a son against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law,

OET-LV MAT 10:35

35 For/Because I _came to _divide a_man against the father of _him, and a_daughter against the mother of _her, and a_daughter-in-law against the mother _in _law of _her

LUK 12:53: RV LUK 12:53 · LV LUK 12:53 · Read together LUK 12:53

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OET-RV LUK 12:53

53 Fathers will be in conflict with their sons, and sons with fathers, mothers against daughters and daughters against mothers, mothers-in-law against their daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law against mothers-in-law.”

OET-LV LUK 12:53

53 father will _be _being _divided against son, and son against father, mother against daughter, and daughter against the mother, mother _in _law against the daughter-in-law of _her, and daughter-in-law against the mother _in _law.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

νύμφη

Form 1

Sense 1: bride

Sense 2: daughter-in-law