- νυμφίος
- νυμφίος, ου, ὁ (νύμφη; Hom. et al.; SIG 1024, 33f [c. 200 B.C.]; CPR I, 30, 37; Sb 10; LXX, JosAs, Mel., PBodmer XII.—In gnostic speculation: Iren. 1, 7, 1 [Harv. I 58, 9]; Hippol., Ref. 6, 34, 4) bridegroom Mt 9:15bc; 25:1, 5f, 10 (on the coming of the bridegroom, who outshines all other mortals, cp. Sappho 123 Diehl2, 5 [=Campbell 111]: ‘than a large man huger by far’); Mk 2:19f; Lk 5:34f; J 2:9; 3:29ac; Rv 18:23 (w. νύμφη [q.v. 1] as Diod S 5, 18, 1; Philo, Spec. Leg. 1, 110; Jos., Bell. 6, 301). ὁ φίλος τοῦ ν. (1 Macc 9:39; cp. Jos., Ant. 13, 20) the friend of the bridegroom (שׁוֹשְׁבִין) was a go-between in arranging the marriage, and then had a prominent place in the wedding festivities J 3:29b. οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ νυμφίου Mt 9:15a D is surely not the original rdg. (Jülicher, Gleichn. 180f).—DELG s.v. νύμφη. M-M. TW.
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