BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G3565
numphē — bride
νύμφη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for כַּלָּה ;] 1. cl., a bride, young wife, young woman: Mat.25:1, WH, mg., Jhn.3:29, Rev.18:23 21:2, 9 22:17. 2. As frequently in LXX (Gen.38:11, al., for כַּלָּה; (a) bride; (b) daughter-in-law) and in MGr. (νύφφη, νύφη), a daughter-in-law: Mat.10:35, Luk.12:53.† (AS)
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H269
a.chot — sister
1) sister 1a) sister (same parents) 1b) half-sister (same father) 1c) relative 1c1) (metaph) of Israel's and Judah's relationship 1d) beloved 1d1) bride 1e) (fig.) of intimate connection 1f) another
84 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3618
kal.lah — daughter-in-law: bride
: bride 1) bride, daughter-in-law 1a) daughter-in-law 1b) bride, young wife Also means: kal.lah (כַּלָּה ": daughter-in-law" H3618H)
32 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2860
cha.tan — son-in-law
son-in-law, daughter's husband, bridegroom, husband
18 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4324
mi.khal — Michal
A woman of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.14.49; daughter of: Saul (H7586G) and Ahinoam (H0293); married to David (H1732) and Palti (H6406H); sister of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444) and Merab (H4764); half-brother of: Ish-bosheth (H0378), Armoni (H0764) and Mephibosheth (H4648H) § Michal = "who is like God" daughter of king Saul, sister of Jonathan, wife of king David, and mother of five; given to David as wife for the bride price of 100 Philistine foreskins; while still married to David, her father gave her in marriage to another, Phaltiel; at the death of Saul, David forced her to return
17 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3566
numphios — bridegroom
νυμφίος, -ου, ὁ (νύμφη), [in LXX for חָתָן ;] a bridegroom: Mat.9:15 25:1, 5-6 25:10, Mrk.2:19-20, Luk.5:34-35, Jhn.2:9 3:29, Rev.18:23.† (AS)
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3567
numphōn — bridegroom
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)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4119
mo.har — brideprice
purchase price for wife, wedding money
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4117
ma.har — to pay brideprice
1) to obtain or acquire by paying purchase price, give a dowry 1a) (Qal) to obtain in exchange
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6716
gambros — an in-law
1. any one connected by marriage , Lat. affinis, (Aeschulus Tragicus): 2. a son-in-law , Lat. gener, (Homer) 3. a brother-in-law, a sister's husband , (Iliad by Homer); or, a wife's brother (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. = πενθερός, a father-in-law , (Euripides) 5. doric and aeolic a bridegroom, wooer, suitor , (Pindar) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8070
korē — pupil
1. feminine of κόρος, κοῦρος 2. a maiden, maid, damsel , Lat. puella, (Iliad by Homer), etc. 3. a bride, young wife , (Homer) 4. a daughter , κοῦραι Διός (Iliad by Homer); κ. Διός, of Athene, (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;in vocative, κούρα my daughter , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 5. the pupil of the eye, Lat. pupula, because a little image appears therein, (Euripides) 6. a long sleeve reaching over the hand, (Xenophon Historicus) 7. Κόρη, doric Κόρα, ionic Κούρη, ἡ, Cora, the Daughter (of Demeter), name under which Persephone (Proserpine) was worshipped in Attica, τῇ Μητρὶ καὶ τῇ Κούρῃ (Herdotus Historicus), etc.; Δημήτηρ καὶ Κόρη (Xenophon Historicus), etc. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Frequently used in the ordinary sense (Isa. 49:18; 61:10, etc.). The relation between Christ and his church is set forth under the figure of that between a bridegroom and bride (John 3:29). The church is called “the bride” (Rev. 21:9; 22:17). Compare parable of the Ten Virgins (Matt. 25:1-13).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
