Lexical Summary Nymphas: Nympha, a Christian of Laodicea Original Word: ΝυμφᾶςTransliteration: Nymphas Phonetic Spelling: (noom-fas') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Nympha, a Christian of Laodicea Meaning: Nympha -- a Christian of Laodicea Strong's Concordance 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 Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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). |
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