Definition

compare Latin "nupto," to marry); a young married woman (as veiled), including a betrothed girl; by implication, a son's wife

Etymology

from a primary but obsolete verb (to veil as a bride;

Where the KJV renders it

• bride
• daughter in law

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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