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Lexicon :: Strong's G1062 - gamos

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γάμος
Transliteration
gamos (Key)
Pronunciation
gam'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:648,111

Strong’s Definitions

γάμος gámos, gam'-os; of uncertain affinity; nuptials:—marriage, wedding.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G1062 in the following manner: marriage (9x), wedding (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G1062 in the following manner: marriage (9x), wedding (7x).

  1. a wedding or marriage festival, a wedding banquet, a wedding feast

  2. marriage, matrimony

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γάμος gámos, gam'-os; of uncertain affinity; nuptials:—marriage, wedding.
STRONGS G1062:
γάμος, -ου, ὁ, [probably from the root, gam, to bind, unite; Curtius, p. 546f], as in Greek writings from Homer down;
1. a wedding or marriage-festival: John 2:1; Revelation 19:7 (under the figure of a marriage here is represented the intimate and everlasting union of Christ, at his return from heaven, with his church); τὸ δεῖπνον τοῦ γάμου, Revelation 19:9 (a symbol of the future blessings of the Messiah's kingdom); especially a wedding-banquet, a marriage-feast: Matthew 22:8, 10 [here T WH Tr marginal reading νυμφών], Matthew 22:11, 12; plural (referring apparently to the several acts of feasting), Matthew 22:2ff, Matthew 22:9; Matthew 25:10; Luke 12:36; Luke 14:8 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, 23 (21)).
2. marriage, matrimony: Hebrews 13:4.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
22:2; 22:8; 22:9; 22:10; 22:11; 22:12; 25:10
Luke
12:36; 14:8
John
2:1
Hebrews
13:4
Revelation
19:7; 19:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1062 matches the Greek γάμος (gamos),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:2 - “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3 - “And he sent his servants to call those who had [previously] been invited to the wedding feast, but they refused to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - “Then he sent out some other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Look, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened calves are butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 - “Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding [feast] is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:9 - ‘So go to the main highways that lead out of the city, and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:10 - “Those servants went out into the streets and gathered together all the people they could find, both bad and good; so the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests [sitting at the banquet table].

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:11 -

“But when the king came in to see the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed [appropriately] in wedding clothes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:12 - and he said, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wearing the wedding clothes [that were provided for you]?’ And the man was speechless and without excuse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:10 - “But while they were going away to buy oil, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut and locked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:36 - “Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that when he comes and knocks they may immediately open the door for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:8 - “When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down [to eat] at the place of honor, since a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by the host,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:1 -

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:2 - and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:4 - Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:7 - “Let us rejoice and shout for joy! Let us give Him glory and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb has come [at last] and His bride (the redeemed) has prepared herself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:9 -

Then the angel said to me, “Write, ‘[fn]Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the [fn]Lamb.’” And he said to me [further], “These are the true and exact words of God.”

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