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NYMPHA

(Gk. Nýmpha)

A Laodicean Christian whom Paul greeted (Col. 4:15). The Greek name (possibly a rare contraction of Nymphodoras) occurs unaccented in the accusative. It is uncertain whether the noun is “Nymphas” (masc.) or “Nympha” (fem.). Textual variants read “his” (autoú), “her” (autḗs), and “their” (autṓn) house. Nympha appears as a woman’s name in Latin inscriptions and Greek literature; textually uncertain, that seems the case here. Introduced without male associate, Nympha would have been a widow or single woman head of a household where a church met (cf. Acts 16:15, 40; Rom. 16:5). She provides evidence of Paul’s female associates and friendships in areas he had not visited.

Bonnie Thurston






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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