Bride (כִּלָּה, kallsh'; νύμφη ; both also " daughter-in-law"). SEE BRIDEGROOM.
Bride-chamber (νυμφών), a bridal room (Suid. κοιτών) where the nuptial bed was prepared, usually in the house of the bridegroom, whither the bride was brought in procession. SEE WEDDING. It occurs only in the New Testament, in the phrase "sons of the bride-chamber" (Mt 9:15; Mr 2:19; Lu 5:34). These were the companions of the bridegroom, bridemen, called by the Greeks paranymphs (Rabbin. שׁוֹשׁבֵּנַים), just as the bride had also her companions or bridemaids (Mt 25:1-12). SEE MARRIAGE.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More