ΝΥΜΦΑΣ, νυμφας
NYMPHAS, nymphas
Sounds Like: NYM-fas
Translations: brides, young women, maidens
From the root: ΝΥΜΦΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to young women, specifically those who are of marriageable age or who are newly married. It is often translated as 'brides' or 'maidens'. In a sentence, it would typically function as the object of a verb or preposition.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3565 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:69
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 5:31
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Hosea — 4:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΥΜΦΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΝΥΜΦΑΙ — daughters-in-law, brides, young women
- ΝΥΜΦΑΙΣ — (to) brides, (to) young women, (to) maidens
- ΝΥΜΦΑΝ — bride, a bride, young woman, a young woman, virgin, a virgin
- ΝΥΜΦΗ — bride, a bride, young woman, a young woman, daughter-in-law, a daughter-in-law, nymph, a nymph
- ΝΥΜΦΗΝ — bride, a bride, daughter-in-law, a daughter-in-law, young woman, a young woman
- ΝΥΜΦΗΣ — of a bride, of a young woman, of a virgin
- ΝΥΜΦ‾Η‾ — bride, a bride, daughter-in-law, a daughter-in-law
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