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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 reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3 - and he sent forth his servants to call those having been called to the marriage-feasts, and they were not willing to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - 'Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Say to those who have been called: Lo, my dinner I prepared, my oxen and the fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready, come ye to the marriage-feasts;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 - then saith he to his servants, The marriage-feast indeed is ready, and those called were not worthy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:9 - be going, then, on to the cross-ways, and as many as ye may find, call ye to the marriage-feasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:10 - 'And those servants, having gone forth to the ways, did gather all, as many as they found, both bad and good, and the marriage-feast apartment was filled with those reclining.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:11 - 'And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:12 - and he saith to him, Comrade, how didst thou come in hither, not having clothing of the marriage-feast? and he was speechless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:10 - 'And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:36 - and ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:8 - 'When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:1 - And the third day a marriage happened 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 also Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:4 - honourable is the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:7 - may we rejoice and exult, and give the glory to Him, because come did the marriage of the Lamb, and his wife did make herself ready;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:9 - And he saith to me, 'Write: Happy are they who to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb have been called;' and he saith to me, 'These are the true words of God;'
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