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It is used both literally and metaphorically to describe the relationship between Christ and the Church, emphasizing purity, commitment, and the covenantal nature of marriage.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures, marriage was a significant social institution. The bride was central to the wedding ceremony, which was a time of great celebration and joy. The imagery of the bride is often used in Scripture to symbolize purity, love, and the intimate relationship between God and His people. The metaphor of the Church as the bride of Christ highlights the deep, covenantal love and commitment that Christ has for His followers.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>3565</b> <i>nýmphē</i> (the root of <a href="/greek/3567.htm">3567</a> <i>/nymphṓn</i>, "bridal chamber, with the marriage-bed for sexual relations") – <i>bride</i> (a newly married spouse). <a href="/greek/3565.htm">3565</a> (<i>nýmphē</i>) "signifies both bride and a daughter-in-law (Mt 10:35; Lk 12:53)" (J. Thayer).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a bride, a young woman<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>bride (5), daughter-in-law (3).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3565: νύμφη</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">νύμφη</span></span>, <span class="greek2">νύμφης</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (apparently allied with Latin<span class="latin">nubo</span>; <span class="abbreviation">Vanicek</span>, p. 429f), the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">כַּלָּה</span>; <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">a betrothed woman, a bride</span>: <a href="/interlinear/john/3-29.htm">John 3:29</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-23.htm">Revelation 18:23</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/21-2.htm">Revelation 21:2, 9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/22-17.htm">Revelation 22:17</a>. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> in the Greek writings from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down, <span class="accented">a recently married woman, young wife; a young woman</span>; hence, in Biblical and ecclesiastical Greek, like the Hebrew <span class="hebrew">כַּלָּה</span> (which signifies both a bride and a daughter-in-law (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 32)), <span class="accented">a daughter-inlaw</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-35.htm">Matthew 10:35</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/12-53.htm">Luke 12:53</a>. (<a href="/interlinear/micah/7-6.htm">Micah 7:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/genesis/11-31.htm">Genesis 11:31</a>; (<a href="/interlinear/genesis/38-11.htm">Genesis 38:11</a>); <a href="/interlinear/ruth/1-6.htm">Ruth 1:6</a> (etc.); also <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 5, 9, 1.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>bride, daughter in law. <p>From a primary but obsolete verb nupto (to veil as a bride; compare Latin "nupto," to marry); a young married woman (as veiled), including a betrothed girl; by implication, a son's wife -- bride, daughter in law. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>νύμφαι νύμφαις νύμφας νυμφη νυμφή νύμφη νυμφην νύμφην νυμφης νυμφής νύμφης numphe numphē numphen numphēn numphes numphēs nymphe nymphē nýmphe nýmphē nymphen nymphēn nýmphen nýmphēn nymphes nymphēs nýmphes nýmphēs<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/10-35.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 10:35</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτῆς καὶ <b>νύμφην</b> κατὰ τῆς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> HER MOTHER, <span class="itali">AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW</span> AGAINST<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">the daughter in law</span> against<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/10-35.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of her and <span class="itali">a daughter-in-law</span> against the<p><b><a href="/text/luke/12-53.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 12:53</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐπὶ τὴν <b>νύμφην</b> αὐτῆς καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> against <span class="itali">daughter-in-law</span> and daughter-in-law<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> her <span class="itali">daughter in law,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12-53.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> against the <span class="itali">daughter-in-law</span> of her and<p><b><a href="/text/luke/12-53.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 12:53</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτῆς καὶ <b>νύμφη</b> ἐπὶ τὴν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> daughter-in-law <span class="itali">and daughter-in-law</span> against<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">the daughter in law</span> against<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/12-53.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of her and <span class="itali">daughter-in-law</span> against<p><b><a href="/text/john/3-29.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 3:29</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔχων τὴν <b>νύμφην</b> νυμφίος ἐστίν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> He who has <span class="itali">the bride</span> is the bridegroom;<br><a href="/kjvs/john/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> He that hath <span class="itali">the bride</span> is<br><a href="/interlinear/john/3-29.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> has the <span class="itali">bride</span> bridegroom is<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/18-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 18:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/18.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">νυμφίου καὶ <b>νύμφης</b> οὐ μὴ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the bridegroom <span class="itali">and bride</span> will not be heard<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">of the bride</span> shall be heard<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of bridegroom and <span class="itali">of bride</span> no not<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/21-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 21:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἡτοιμασμένην ὡς <b>νύμφην</b> κεκοσμημένην τῷ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> made ready <span class="itali">as a bride</span> adorned<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> prepared as <span class="itali">a bride</span> adorned for her<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/21-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> prepared as <span class="itali">a bride</span> adorned for the<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/21-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 21:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular">N-AFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σοι τὴν <b>νύμφην</b> τὴν γυναῖκα</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I will show <span class="itali">you the bride,</span> the wife<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thee <span class="itali">the bride,</span> the Lamb's<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/21-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> you the <span class="itali">bride</span> the wife<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/22-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 22:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular">N-NFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἡ <b>νύμφη</b> λέγουσιν Ἔρχου</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> The Spirit <span class="itali">and the bride</span> say, Come.<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the Spirit and <span class="itali">the bride</span> say, Come.<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/22-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">bride</span> say Come<p><b><a href="/greek/3565.htm">Strong's Greek 3565</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3565.htm">8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/numphe__3565.htm">νύμφη — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/numphe_n_3565.htm">νύμφην — 5 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/numphe_s_3565.htm">νύμφης — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/3564.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3564"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3564" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3566.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3566"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3566" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>