Strong G1060γαμέω
to marry
- Transliteration
- gameō
- Pronunciation
- gam-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G1062; to wed (of either sex): - marry (a wife).
Detailed definition
γαμέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX: Est.10:3, 2Ma.14:25, 4Ma.16:9 *;]
to marry;
1. of the man, to marry, take to wife (ducere): absol., Mat.19:10 22:25, 30 24:38, Mrk.12:25, Luk.17:27, 20:34, 35, 1Co.7:28, 33; with accusative: Mat.5:32 19:9, Mrk.6:17 10:11, Luk.14:20 16:18.
2. Of the woman,
__(a) mid. (and in late writers, pass.), to give oneself in marriage, marry (nubere): 1Co.7:39;
__(b) in Hellenistic (M, Pr., 159), act. (as of the man), to marry: absol., 1Co.7:28, 34 1Ti.5:11, 14. with accusative, Mrk.10:12.
3. Of both sexes: absol., 1Ti.4:3, 1Co.7:9, 10 36.
† (AS)
[in LXX: Est.10:3, 2Ma.14:25, 4Ma.16:9 *;]
to marry;
1. of the man, to marry, take to wife (ducere): absol., Mat.19:10 22:25, 30 24:38, Mrk.12:25, Luk.17:27, 20:34, 35, 1Co.7:28, 33; with accusative: Mat.5:32 19:9, Mrk.6:17 10:11, Luk.14:20 16:18.
2. Of the woman,
__(a) mid. (and in late writers, pass.), to give oneself in marriage, marry (nubere): 1Co.7:39;
__(b) in Hellenistic (M, Pr., 159), act. (as of the man), to marry: absol., 1Co.7:28, 34 1Ti.5:11, 14. with accusative, Mrk.10:12.
3. Of both sexes: absol., 1Ti.4:3, 1Co.7:9, 10 36.
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1060 appears in 25 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- marry20
- married3
- marrieth2
- they2
- that1
- wife1
First verses
- Matthew 5:32But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
- Matthew 19:9And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
- Matthew 19:10His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.
- Matthew 22:25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
- Matthew 22:30For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
- Matthew 24:38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
- Mark 6:17For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.
- Mark 10:11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
- Mark 10:12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
- Mark 12:25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
- Luke 14:20And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
- Luke 16:18Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
- Luke 17:27They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
- Luke 20:34And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
- Luke 20:35But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
- 1 Corinthians 7:9But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
- 1 Corinthians 7:10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:
- 1 Corinthians 7:28But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
- 1 Corinthians 7:33But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife.
- 1 Corinthians 7:34There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
γᾰμέω,
future γαμέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.388, 391)], contraction γαμῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 764, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1500, “Ant.” 750, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1655, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.12, etc.; later γαμήσω 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.386c, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Rh.Pr.” 8 (for γαμήσεις “Tim.” 52 to be read γαμησείεις))]: aorist 1 ἔγημα [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.121, etc.; later ἐγάμησα LXX.Est.10.3, NT.Mark.6.17, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “D Deor.” 5.4, etc. (compare below 11.2):)]perfect γεγάμηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 595, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 877e)]: pluperfect ἐγεγαμήκει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126)]:—middle, future Epic dialect γαμέσσεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.394)] codices, Attic dialect γαμοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1673, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 900, later γαμήσομαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 26, etc.)]: aorist ἐγημάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.392, 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 86, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.5, etc.)]:—passive, future γαμηθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 6.13.8, 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 1.2, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 58.3, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 5.30, etc.)]: aorist ἐγαμήθην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.34, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.4.20, etc.: poetry shortened γαμεθεῖσα variant in 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 8.91, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 758.52)]: perfect γεγάμημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.24, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.32)]: pluperfect ἐγεγάμητο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.23)]: (γάμος):—marry, i.e. take to wife, of the man, Ἀδρήστοιο δ᾽ ἔγημε θυγατρῶν one of his daughters, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.121; ἔνθα δ᾽ ἔγημε γυναῖκα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.241)]; γ. γυναῖκα ἐς οἰκία, like{ἄγεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.78: with _accusative_ _cognate_, γάμον γαμεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 764, 909; τὸν Ἑλένης γάμον.. γήμας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 467)]; γῆμαι γέκτρα βασιλέως the king's daughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Med.” 594: rarely with double _accusative_, γάμους τοὺς πρώτους ἐγάμεε Κύρου δύο θυγατέρας (for πρῶτον ἐγάμεε.. θυγατέρας) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.88, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 357)]; also γάμῳ γ. marry in lawful wedlock, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.26)]; ἐκ κακοῦ, ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ γῆμαι, marry a wife of mean or noble stock, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 189, 190; ἐκ μειόνων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.28; ἐκ γενναίων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1279)]; παρά τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 975, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 310c)]; ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ γ. ἄλλην γυναῖκα set a stepmother over one's daughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.154, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 372)]; ἐπὶ δέκα ταλάντοις τινὰ γαμεῖν marry a wife with a dowry of ten talents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.13.)]
2 of mere sexual intercourse, take for a paramour, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.36, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 32; γ. βιαίως σκότιον λέχος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 44.)]
3 later of the woman, ἐὰν γαμήσῃ ἄλλον [NT (NT.Mark.10.12: _absolutely_, NT.1Cor.7.28.)]
II middle, give oneself or one's child in marriage:
II.1 of the woman, give herself in marriage, i.e. wed, with dative, γαμέεσθαι τῷ ὅτεῴ τε πατὴρ κέλεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.113; γημαμένη ᾧ υἷϊ· ὁ δ᾽ ὃν πατέρ᾽ ἐξεναρίξας γῆμεν 11.273: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.117; σοὶ μὲν γαμεῖσθαι μόρσιμον, γαμεῖν δ᾽ ἐμοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 13)]; εἰς τύρανν᾽ ἐγημάμην I married into a royal house, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 474)]; γήματο δ᾽ εἰς Μαραθῶνα, i. e. she married Herodes of Marathon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 14.1389 i 5 (ἥν τ᾽ ἐγήματο is _falsa lectio_ for{ἥ τ᾽ ἐγ}. in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 262))]: ironically of a henpecked husband, κεῖνος οὐκ ἔγημεν ἀλλ᾽ ἐγήματο [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 86)]; so Medea to Jason, μῶν γαμοῦσα.. σ; did I marry you? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 606)]; ἐγημάμην, of a man marrying a rich wife, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 46)]; γαμεῖται ἕκαστος (obscene meaning) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.22; ὁ γαμηθεὶς ὡς παρθένος κἄπειτα γενόμενος ἀνήρ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 2)]; incorrectly, in later writers, γημάμενος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 3.12.6, compare 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 1.728.)]
II.2 of parents, get their children married, betroth them, get a wife for the son, Πηλεύς θήν μοι ἔπειτα γυναῖκα γαμέσσεται αὐτός (where [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus γε μάσσεται)] will seek or make suit for) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.394:)] —active aorist 1 ἐγάμησα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (in this sense, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 885.)]
III passive, to be taken to wife: hence, marry a husband, [prev. cited] ad [near the start], [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PGrenf.” 2.76.11 (4th c.AD))], etc.; rarely in correct authors, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.45.)]
future γαμέω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.388, 391)], contraction γαμῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 764, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1500, “Ant.” 750, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1655, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.12, etc.; later γαμήσω 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.386c, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Rh.Pr.” 8 (for γαμήσεις “Tim.” 52 to be read γαμησείεις))]: aorist 1 ἔγημα [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.121, etc.; later ἐγάμησα LXX.Est.10.3, NT.Mark.6.17, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “D Deor.” 5.4, etc. (compare below 11.2):)]perfect γεγάμηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 595, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 877e)]: pluperfect ἐγεγαμήκει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.126)]:—middle, future Epic dialect γαμέσσεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.394)] codices, Attic dialect γαμοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1673, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 900, later γαμήσομαι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 26, etc.)]: aorist ἐγημάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.392, 6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 86, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 5.5, etc.)]:—passive, future γαμηθήσομαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 6.13.8, 2nd c.AD(?): Antoninus Liberalis Mythographus 1.2, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 58.3, 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 5.30, etc.)]: aorist ἐγαμήθην [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 11.34, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.4.20, etc.: poetry shortened γαμεθεῖσα variant in 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 8.91, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 758.52)]: perfect γεγάμημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.24, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 36.32)]: pluperfect ἐγεγάμητο [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.23)]: (γάμος):—marry, i.e. take to wife, of the man, Ἀδρήστοιο δ᾽ ἔγημε θυγατρῶν one of his daughters, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.121; ἔνθα δ᾽ ἔγημε γυναῖκα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.241)]; γ. γυναῖκα ἐς οἰκία, like{ἄγεσθαι}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.78: with _accusative_ _cognate_, γάμον γαμεῖν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 764, 909; τὸν Ἑλένης γάμον.. γήμας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 467)]; γῆμαι γέκτρα βασιλέως the king's daughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Med.” 594: rarely with double _accusative_, γάμους τοὺς πρώτους ἐγάμεε Κύρου δύο θυγατέρας (for πρῶτον ἐγάμεε.. θυγατέρας) 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.88, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 357)]; also γάμῳ γ. marry in lawful wedlock, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 39.26)]; ἐκ κακοῦ, ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ γῆμαι, marry a wife of mean or noble stock, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 189, 190; ἐκ μειόνων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.28; ἐκ γενναίων 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1279)]; παρά τινος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 975, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 310c)]; ἐπὶ θυγατρὶ γ. ἄλλην γυναῖκα set a stepmother over one's daughter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.154, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 372)]; ἐπὶ δέκα ταλάντοις τινὰ γαμεῖν marry a wife with a dowry of ten talents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.13.)]
2 of mere sexual intercourse, take for a paramour, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.36, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 32; γ. βιαίως σκότιον λέχος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 44.)]
3 later of the woman, ἐὰν γαμήσῃ ἄλλον [NT (NT.Mark.10.12: _absolutely_, NT.1Cor.7.28.)]
II middle, give oneself or one's child in marriage:
II.1 of the woman, give herself in marriage, i.e. wed, with dative, γαμέεσθαι τῷ ὅτεῴ τε πατὴρ κέλεται [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.113; γημαμένη ᾧ υἷϊ· ὁ δ᾽ ὃν πατέρ᾽ ἐξεναρίξας γῆμεν 11.273: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.117; σοὶ μὲν γαμεῖσθαι μόρσιμον, γαμεῖν δ᾽ ἐμοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 13)]; εἰς τύρανν᾽ ἐγημάμην I married into a royal house, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 474)]; γήματο δ᾽ εἰς Μαραθῶνα, i. e. she married Herodes of Marathon, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 14.1389 i 5 (ἥν τ᾽ ἐγήματο is _falsa lectio_ for{ἥ τ᾽ ἐγ}. in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 262))]: ironically of a henpecked husband, κεῖνος οὐκ ἔγημεν ἀλλ᾽ ἐγήματο [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Anacreon Lyricus 86)]; so Medea to Jason, μῶν γαμοῦσα.. σ; did I marry you? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 606)]; ἐγημάμην, of a man marrying a rich wife, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 46)]; γαμεῖται ἕκαστος (obscene meaning) [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 1.22; ὁ γαμηθεὶς ὡς παρθένος κἄπειτα γενόμενος ἀνήρ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 2)]; incorrectly, in later writers, γημάμενος [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 3.12.6, compare 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 1.728.)]
II.2 of parents, get their children married, betroth them, get a wife for the son, Πηλεύς θήν μοι ἔπειτα γυναῖκα γαμέσσεται αὐτός (where [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus γε μάσσεται)] will seek or make suit for) [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.394:)] —active aorist 1 ἐγάμησα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (in this sense, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 885.)]
III passive, to be taken to wife: hence, marry a husband, [prev. cited] ad [near the start], [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“PGrenf.” 2.76.11 (4th c.AD))], etc.; rarely in correct authors, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.45.)]