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G3567 νυμφών (nymphṓn)

Greek
Noun, Masculine
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Quick Definition

νυμφών, ῶνος, ὁ n.m. a bridal chamber

Strong's Definition

the bridal room

Derivation: from G3565 (νύμφη);

KJV Usage: bridechamber

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -ῶνος | νύμφη

7.34 · Constructions · Parts and Areas of Buildings

wedding hall a relatively large room, often serving as a place for a wedding Υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφῶνος, literally ‘sons of the wedding hall,’ is an idiom denoting the bridegroom’s friends or the wedding guests (see 11.7).

MAT 9:15 · MRK 2:19 · LUK 5:34

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

νυμφών, -dvos, ὁ, (νύμφη), the chamber containing the bridal bed, the bride-chamber: οἱ viol τοῦ νυμφῶνος (see vids, 2), of the friends of the bridegroom whose duty it was to provide and care for whatever pertained to the pridal chamber, i. e. whatever was needed for the due celebration of the nuptials: Mt. ix. 15; Mk. ii. 19; Lk. v. 34, ([W. 33 (32)]; Tob. vi. 13 (14), 16 (17); eccles. writ.; Heliod. 7,8); the room in which the marriage ceremonies are held: Mt. xxii. 10 T WH Trmrg.

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, Mt. 9:15; Mk. 2:19; Lk. 5:34*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

**† 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.†

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-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

νυμφών (numphōn) — bridegroom. νυμφ-ών, ῶνος, ὁ, bridechamber, [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+]

II. temple of Dionysus, Demeter, and Persephone, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. a kind of νυμφαία, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]

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.† (AS)

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