Lexicon Numpha: Nympha, a Christian of Laodicea Original Word: Νυμφᾶς, ᾶ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Numpha Phonetic Spelling: (noom-fas') Short Definition: Nymphas Definition: Nymphas, a proper name. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom numphéDefinitionNympha, a Christian of Laodicea NASB TranslationNympha (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3564: νύμφαςνύμφας, Νύμφα, ὁ (perhaps contracted from νυμφοδωρος; cf. Winers Grammar, 102f (97); on accent cf. Chandler § 32), Nymphas, a Christian inhabitant of Laodicea: Colossians 4:15 ( L WH Tr marginal reading read Νύμφαν, i. e. Nympha, the name of a woman; see especially Lightfoot ad loc, and p. 256).
Strong's Nymphas. Probably contracted for a compound of numphe and doron; nymph-given (i.e. -born); Nymphas, a Christian -- Nymphas. see GREEK numphe see GREEK doron |
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