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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:2 - The kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who made a wedding feast for his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3 - and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - Again he sent other bondmen, saying, Say to the persons invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatted beasts are killed, and all things ready; come to the wedding feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 - Then he says to his bondmen, The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:9 - go therefore into the thoroughfares of the highways, and as many as ye shall find invite to the wedding feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:10 - And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was furnished with guests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:11 - And the king, having gone in to see the guests, beheld there a man not clothed with a wedding garment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:12 - And he says to him, My friend, how camest thou in here not having on a wedding garment? But he was speechless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:10 - But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and the ones that were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:36 - and *ye* like men who wait their own lord whenever he may leave the wedding, that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:8 - When thou art invited by any one to a wedding, do not lay thyself down in the first place at table, lest perhaps a more honourable than thou be invited by him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:1 - And on the third day a marriage took place in 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 Jesus also, and his disciples, were invited to the marriage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:4 - Let marriage be held every way in honour, and the bed be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:7 - Let us rejoice and exult, and give him glory; for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:9 - And he says to me, Write, Blessed are they who are called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the true words of God.
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