King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3564
Transliteration: Nymphas
Phonetic Spelling: (noom-fas')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Nympha, a Christian of Laodicea
Meaning: Nympha -- a Christian of Laodicea
νύμφας, 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).
Word 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).