BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G3564
Numphas — Nympha
Νυμφᾶς, -ᾶ, ὁ (WH, R, mg., Νύμφα, which see), Nymphas: Col.4:15, R, txt. (cf. ICC, Lft., in l).† Νύμφα (Rec., R, txt., Νυμφᾶς, which see), -ης, ἡ, Nympha (see M, Pr., 48): Col.4:15, WH, R, mg.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Nymph, saluted by Paul in his Epistle to the Colossians as a member of the church of Laodicea (Col. 4:15).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
