Bridal chamber (marriage bed)

Description and usage

The bridal chamber was the room to which a newly married couple retired together immediately after the wedding.


Translation

In 1MA 1:27 the Greek word pastos has more than one possible meaning. In addition to the definition given above, it can also indicate the bed on which the marriage is physically consummated. So NJB says “marriage-bed.”

Scripture References (3)

Judges

Psalms

Joel