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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, , [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.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:2 -

“The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3 -

“He sent his servants to summon those invited to the banquet, but they didn’t want to come.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 -

“Again, he sent out other servants and said, ‘Tell those who are invited: See, I’ve prepared my dinner; my oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 -

“Then he told his servants, ‘The banquet is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:9 -

“Go then to where the roads exit the city and invite everyone you find to the banquet.’

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:10 -

“So those servants went out on the roads and gathered everyone they found, both evil and good. The wedding banquet was filled with guests.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:11 -

“When the king came in to see the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed for a wedding.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:12 -

“So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes? ’ The man was speechless.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:10 -

“When they had gone to buy some, the groom arrived, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet, and the door was shut.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:36 -

“You are to be like people waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:8 -

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, don’t sit in the place of honor, because a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by your host.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:1 -

On the third day a wedding took place in Cana of Galilee. Jesus’s mother was there,

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:2 -

and Jesus and his disciples were invited to the wedding as well.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:4 -

Marriage is to be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, because God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:7 -

Let us be glad, rejoice, and give him glory,

because the marriage of the Lamb has come,

and his bride has prepared herself.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:9 -

Then he[fn] said to me, “Write: Blessed are those invited to the marriage feast of the Lamb! ” He also said to me, “These words of God are true.”

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