νυμφ-ών G3567
bridal chamber, wedding hall, the room or company associated with the bridegroom
The bridal chamber refers to the wedding celebration context, particularly the bridegroom's company or feast. Jesus asks, 'Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is with them?' (Matt 9:15, Mark 2:19, Luke 5:34). The term sometimes means the actual chamber but here refers to the wedding party or feast context—'sons of the bridal chamber' being an idiom for wedding guests. The consistent rendering across languages—'cámara nupcial,' 'chambre nuptiale,' 'Hochzeitssaal' (wedding hall)—reflects the celebratory wedding context.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The bridal chamber, wedding hall, or by extension the wedding celebration and guests. In all three synoptic passages (Matt 9:15, Mark 2:19, Luke 5:34), 'sons of the bridal chamber' is a Semitic idiom for wedding guests or attendants. Jesus uses it to explain why his disciples don't fast—it's a wedding feast, not a funeral. The Greek νυμφών can mean the physical chamber or the celebratory company. Spanish 'cámara nupcial' and German 'Hochzeitssaal' capture the wedding-feast context. 3×
AR["العُرْسِ", "عُرسِ"]·ben["বরকক্ষেত্রের,", "বাসরঘরের", "বিয়ে-ঘরের"]·DE["Hochzeitssaal", "νυμφῶνος"]·EN["bridal-chamber"]·FR["chambre-nuptiale"]·heb["חֲדַר-הַחֲתֻנָּה", "חֻפָּה"]·HI["कोठरी-के", "जब-तक", "विवाह-घर-के"]·ID["kamar-pengantin", "kamar-pengantin,"]·IT["numphonos"]·jav["kamar-manten,", "kamar-pangantèn", "sasana-pangantèn"]·KO["혼인-집", "혼인방-의", "혼인집-의"]·PT["câmara-nupcial", "quarto-nupcial,"]·RU["брачного-чертога", "чертога-брачного"]·ES["cámara-nupcial"]·SW["chumba-cha-harusi,", "harusi"]·TR["gelin-odasının", "gelin-odasının,"]·urd["جب-تک", "شادی-خانے-کے", "شادی-گھر"]
Related Senses
H5971a 1. people, nation (1836×)H5973a 1. accompaniment, together with (956×)H0854 1. with (accompaniment) (665×)H1471a 1. nations, peoples (plural/collective) (466×)G3326 1. with (368×)H1285 1. covenant, pact, treaty (284×)G2453 1. Jewish person, Jew (194×)H4150 1. meeting (tent of meeting) (151×)G2992 1. people/nation (an ethnic or political community) (142×)G4862 1. (129×)G1484 1. Gentiles, non-Jewish nations (128×)H1471a 2. nation, people-group (singular) (98×)H3162b 1. together (97×)H1616 1. sojourner, resident alien (92×)H0567 1. Amorite (people group) (87×)H3064 1. Jew, Jewish person (81×)H3669a 1. Canaanite (ethnic designation) (70×)G1122 1. scribe / expert in the Law (63×)H2114a 1. stranger, foreigner (person) (54×)H5608b 1. scribe, royal secretary (48×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
νυμφ-ών, ῶνος, ὁ, bridechamber, LXX+NT+1st c.AD+ __II temple of Dionysus, Demeter, and Persephone, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __III a kind of νυμφαία, Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+