- Transliteration: Numphe

- Phonetic: noom-fay'

- Definition:

1. a betrothed woman, a bride

2. a recently married woman, young wife

3. a young woman

4. a daughter-in-law

- Origin: "from a primary but obsolete verb nupto (to veil as a bride, cf Latin "nupto," to marry)"

- TDNT entry: 22:19,7

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From a primary but obsolete verb νύπτω nuptō (to veil as a bride; compare the Latin nupto to marry); a young married woman (as veiled) including a betrothed girl; by implication a son's wife: - bride daughter in law.