Quick Definition
a bridal chamber
Strong's Definition
the bridal room
Derivation: from G3565 (νύμφη);
KJV Usage: bridechamber
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νυμφών, νυμφῶνος, ὁ (νύμφη), the chamber containing the bridal bed, the bride-chamber: οἱ υἱοί τοῦ νυμφῶνος (see υἱός, 2), of the friends of the bridegroom whose duty it was to provide and care for whatever pertained to the bridal chamber, i. e. whatever was needed for the due celebration of the nuptials: Mat_9:15; Mar_2:19; Luk_5:34 ((Winer's Grammar, 33 (32)); Tob_6:13 (14), 16 (17); ecclesiastical writings; Heliodorus 7, 8); the room in which the marriage ceremonies are held: Mat_22:10 T WH Tr marginal reading
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νυμφών nymphōn 3x
a bridal-chamber; in NT υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος , sons of the bridal-chamber, the bridegroom s attendant friends, groomsmen, Mat_9:15 ; Mar_2:19 ; Luk_5:34
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† νυμφών , -ῶνος , ὁ
( < νύμφη ),
[in LXX : To 6:13,16 * ;]
the bride-chamber ( Heb . H2646 , LXX , παστός , Psa_19:5 , Joe_2:16 ): Mat_22:10 (WE; γάμος , RV ); οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ ν . ( cf. cl . νυμφαγωγός , νυμφευτής ), the bridegroom's friends who have charge of the nuptial arrangements: Mat_9:15 , Mar_2:19 , Luk_5:34 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
νυμφών [page 431]
For νυμφών , bridechamber, rare in profane Greek and in the NT found only quater (cf. Tob_6:14 ; Tob_6:17 ), see P Lond 964 .19 (ii/iii A.D.) (= III. p. 212) ἰς τὸν νυμφῶνα a letter referring to preparations for a wedding feast.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
νυμφών νυμφών, ῶνος, ὁ, [Etym: νύμφη] "the bridechamber", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
νυμφών, -ῶνος, ὁ
(νύμφη), [in LXX: Tob.6:13,16* ;]
the bride-chamber (Heb. חֻפָּה, LXX, παστός, Psa.19:5, Jol.2:16): Mat.22:10 (WE; γάμος, RV); οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ ν. (cf. cl. νυμφαγωγός, νυμφευτής), the bridegroom's friends who have charge of the nuptial arrangements: Mat.9:15, Mrk.2:19, Luk.5:34.†
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