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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 heaven [fn]may be compared to [fn]a king who [fn]gave a wedding G1062 feast G1062 for his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3 - “And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been called to the wedding G1062 feast G1062, and they were unwilling to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - “Again he sent out other slaves saying, ‘Tell those who have been called, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding G1062 feast G1062.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 - “Then he *said to his slaves, ‘The wedding G1062 is ready, but those who were called were not worthy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:9 - ‘Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, call to the wedding G1062 feast G1062.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:10 - “And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with [fn]dinner guests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:11 -

“But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding G1062 clothes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:12 - and he *said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding G1062 clothes?’ And the man was speechless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:10 - “And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding G1062 feast G1062; and the door was shut.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:36 - “And be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding G1062 feast G1062, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:8 - “When you are invited by someone to a wedding G1062 feast G1062, do not recline at the place of honor, lest someone more highly regarded than you be invited by him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:1 -

And on the third day there was a wedding G1062 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 both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding G1062.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:4 - Marriage G1062 is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled, for the sexually immoral 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 glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage G1062 of the Lamb has come and His [fn]bride has made herself ready.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:9 -

Then he *said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage G1062 supper of the Lamb.’” And he *said to me, “These are true words of God.”

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