Words the Bible translates as daughter-in-law
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- numphēνύμφηthe young married woman a wedding brings into a family: the bride beside her husband, or a son's wife in his parents' household
- kallahכַּלָּהthe young married woman of a household: a bride toward her husband, a daughter-in-law toward his parents
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