Revelation 21:9:29Rev.21.9.W29TAB
νύμφην
nymphēn
“bride”
- Transliteration
- NYM-phēn
- Extended
- nyüm-PHÊHN
- IPA
- /ˈnym.pʰɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- bride
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
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NYM-phēn
- sentence
KAI ÊL-then HEIS ek tôn hep-TA an-GE-lōn tôn e-KHON-tōn tas hep-TA phi-A-las tôn ge-MON-tōn tôn hep-TA plê-GÔN tôn es-KHA-tōn KAI e-LA-lē-sen met e-MOU LE-gōn DEU-ro DEI-ksō soi tēn NYM-phēn tēn gy-NAI-ka tou ar-NI-ou
Exegesis
The appositional pair tēn nymphēn, tēn gynaika tou arniou {τὴν νύμφην, τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ ἀρνίου | tēn ným-phēn, tēn gy-naî-ka tou ar-ní-ou} ‘the bride, the wife of the Lamb’ equates the symbolic bride with the Lamb’s wife, underscoring covenant intimacy and the culmination of salvation enacted by the Lamb’s judgments.
Root and etymology
nymphēnu–upsilon–mu–phi–eta
“bride, young woman”
In context — Revelation 21:9
One of the seven angels holding the seven bowls filled with the seven last plagues approached me and declared, “Come, and I will show you the bride , the wife of the Lamb .”
About this coordinate
Revelation 21:9:29 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 29 of Revelation 21:9, so the Greek word νύμφην (nymphēn) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rev.21.9.W29, which extends further down to each syllable (Rev.21.9.W29.S1) and character.