Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

νυμφίος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: νυμφίος νυμφίη νυμφίον

Structure: νυμφι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bridal

Examples

  • καὶ εἶπαν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι. τίσ ἐποίησε ταῦτα̣ καὶ εἶπαν. Σαμψὼν ὁ νυμφίοσ τοῦ Θαμνί, ὅτι ἔλαβε τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν τῷ ἐκ τῶν φίλων αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἀνέβησαν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι καὶ ἐνέπρησαν αὐτὴν καὶ τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρὸσ αὐτῆσ ἐν πυρί. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 15:6)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τετάρτῃ καὶ ὤρθρισαν τὸ πρωί̈ καὶ ἀνέστη τοῦ πορευθῆναι. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ πατὴρ τῆσ νεάνιδοσ πρὸσ τὸν νυμφίον αὐτοῦ. στήρισον τὴν καρδίαν σου ψωμῷ ἄρτου, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο πορεύσεσθε. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 19:5)
  • καὶ ἀπὸ υἱῶν Ἰωαδὰ τοῦ Ἐλισοὺβ τοῦ ἱερέωσ τοῦ μεγάλου νυμφίου τοῦ Σαναβαλλὰτ τοῦ Οὐρανίτου καὶ ἐξέβρασα αὐτὸν ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 13:28)
  • πᾶσ νυμφίοσ ἀνέλαβε θρῆνον, καὶ καθημένη ἐν παστῷ ἐγένετο ἐν πένθει. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 1:27)
  • καὶ ᾖραν τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ αὐτῶν καὶ εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ θροῦσ καὶ ἀποσκευὴ πολλή, καὶ ὁ νυμφίοσ ἐξῆλθε καὶ οἱ φίλοι αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰσ συνάντησιν αὐτῶν μετὰ τυμπάνων καὶ μουσικῶν καὶ ὅπλων πολλῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 9:39)
  • ἐν τῷ ἡλίῳ ἔθετο τὸ σκήνωμα αὐτοῦ. καὶ αὐτὸσ ὡσ νυμφίοσ ἐκπορευόμενοσ ἐκ παστοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἀγαλλιάσεται ὡσ γίγασ δραμεῖν ὁδὸν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 18:6)
  • συναγάγετε λαόν, ἁγιάσατε ἐκκλησίαν, ἐκλέξασθε πρεσβυτέρουσ, συναγάγετε νήπια θηλάζοντα μαστούσ, ἐξελθέτω νυμφίοσ ἐκ τοῦ κοιτῶνοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ νύμφη ἐκ τοῦ παστοῦ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ioel 2:16)

Synonyms

  1. bridal

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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