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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 is likened unto a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3 - and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 - Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:9 - Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:10 - And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:11 - But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:12 - and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:10 - And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:36 - and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:8 - When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief seat; lest haply a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:1 - And the third day there was a marriage 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 was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:4 - Let marriage be had in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:7 - Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:9 - And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they that are bidden to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are true words of God.
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