Bride Daughter-in-law

† כַּלָּה n.f. daughter-in-law, bride;—abs. כ׳ Je 2:32 + 14 times sf. כַּלָּתוֹ Gn 11:31 + 5 times; כַּלָּתָהּ Ru 1:22 + 2 times, etc.; pl. sf. כַּלֹּתֶיהָ Ru 1:6–8, כַּלּוֹתֶיהָ 1:7, כַלּוֹתֵיכֶם Ho 4:13, 14;— 1. daughter-in-law, in ref. to husband’s father Gn 38:11, 16; 24 (J), cf. 1 Ch 2:4 1 S 4:19; Ez 22:11; Mi 7:6; Gn 11:31 (P), Lv 18:15; 20:12 (both H); husband’s mother Ru 1:6, 7, 8, 22; 2:20, 22; 4:15. 2. bride, usually a. just before marriage Is 49:18; 61:10; 62:5; Je 2:32 (all in sim., etc.), ‖ חָתָן 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11; Jo 2:16; Ct 4:8, 9, 10, 11, 12; 5:1. b. also just after marriage = young wife Ho 4:13, 14; read הַכַּלָּה likewise 2 S 17:3 (for MT הַכֹּל), 𝔊 We Dr Klo Kit Bu.

νύμφ-η, ἡ (Epic dialect vocative νύμφᾰ Refs 8th c.BC+ (Aeolic dialect accusative to Refs 4th c.AD+; later also as nominative, Refs; but Doric dialect νύμφᾱ), young wife, bride, Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to νυμφίος, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to παρθένος, Refs 8th c.BC+ __2 marriageable maiden, Refs 8th c.BC+ __3 daughter-in-law, LXX+NT __4 young girl, πενταέτης ν. Refs __II “Nymph” or goddess of lower rank, θεαὶ Νύμφαι Refs 8th c.BC+ (anapaest meter; compare Ναϊάς, Νηρηΐς); N. Ὀρεστιάδες, Ὀρειάδες, Refs 8th c.BC+; N. ὑάδες, ὑδριάδες, Refs 3rd c.AD+; N. λειμωνιάδες, πετραῖαι, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 especially of springs, ὀνομάζεσθαι τὰς πηγὰς N. Refs 2nd c.AD+: hence, poetically, water, Refs 1st c.BC+ __II.3 in mystical theology, Ζεὺς ἄμβροτος ἔπλετο ν. Refs 5th c.AD+ __II.3.b applied to souls seeking birth, Refs 3rd c.AD+; compare νυμφεύω. __III doll, puppet, Refs 4th c.AD+ __IV young bee or wasp, in the pupa stage, Refs 4th c.BC+ __IV.b winged male of the ant, Refs 5th c.AD+ __V kind of mollusc, Speusipp. cited in Refs 2nd c.AD+ __VI point of the ploughshare, Refs 8th c.BC+ __VII hollow between the under-lip and chin, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __VII.b depression on the shoulder of horses, Refs __VIII opening rosebud, Refs 9th c.AD+ __IX clitoris, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __X niche, Refs 3rd c.BC+