Strong H2859H2859Bחָתַן
make oneself a daughter’s husband
One of the 2 senses of Strong H2859
- Transliteration
- châthan
- Pronunciation
- khaw-than'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
STEP sense: be related
Exact lexical definition: make oneself a daughter’s husband
Part of speech: verb
BDB context: חתן vb. denom . only Hithp . make oneself a daughter's husband
General definition
A primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage: - join in {affinity} father in {law} make {marriages} mother in {law} son in law.
In the Bible
Strong H2859B appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- law5
- join2
- make2
- affinity1
- marriage1
First verses
- Genesis 34:9And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
- Deuteronomy 7:3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
- Joshua 23:12Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
- 1 Samuel 18:21And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
- 1 Samuel 18:22And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king’s son in law.
- 1 Samuel 18:23And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
- 1 Samuel 18:26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.
- 1 Samuel 18:27Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king’s son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
- 1 Kings 3:1And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.
- 2 Chronicles 18:1Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
- Ezra 9:14Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?