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Lexicon :: Strong's H2859 - ḥāṯan

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חָתַן
Transliteration
ḥāṯan
Pronunciation
khaw-than'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 781b

Strong’s Definitions

חָתַן châthan, khaw-than'; a primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage:—join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H2859 in the following manner: law (27x), affinity (3x), marriages (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H2859 in the following manner: law (27x), affinity (3x), marriages (3x).

  1. to become a son-in-law, make oneself a daughter's husband

    1. (Qal) wife's father, wife's mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law (participle)

    2. (Hithpael) to make oneself a daughter's husband

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָתַן châthan, khaw-than'; a primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage:—join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
STRONGS H2859: Abbreviations
† חֹתֵן verbal noun.
1. masculine wife's father (Arabic خَاتِنً a circumciser, hence father-in-law, with reference to circumcision performed on young men just before marriage; خَتَنً relation on wife's side; see WeProl. 1886, 355 Anm, 1; Skizzen iii, 154 StaZAW 1886. 143 Aum. NöZMG 1886, 187; otherwise DlPr 91 LagBN 116) — construct חֹתֵן Exodus 18:1 + 9 times, חֹתֶנְךָ Exodus 18:6, חֹתְנוֺ Exodus 3:1 + 9 times; — usually of Moses' wife's father Exodus 3:1; Exodus 4:18; Exodus 18:1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 (twice in verse); Exodus 18:14; Exodus 18:15; Exodus 18:17; Exodus 18:24; Exodus 18:27 (all E), Numbers 10:29 (J), Judges 1:16; Judges 4:11; of a Levite Judges 19:4, 7, 9.
2. feminine wife's mother, only suffix חֹתַנְתּוֺ Deuteronomy 27:23.

† II. חתן verb denominative only
Hithp. make oneself a daughter's husband (Late Hebrew Hithp. id., Aramaic Ithpa. id.) — Perfect 2nd person masculine plural וְהִתְחַתַּנְתֶּם consecutive Joshua 23:12; Imperfect וַיִּתְחַתֵּן 1 Kings 3:1; 2 Chronicles 18:1; 2nd person masculine תִּתְחַתֵּן Deuteronomy 7:3; 1 Samuel 18:21; Imperative הִתְחַתֵּן 1 Samuel 18:22, הִתְחַתְּנוּ Genesis 34:9; Infinitive הִתְחַתֵּן 1 Samuel 18:23 + 3 times; —
1. make oneself daughter's husband (son-in-law) to, with בְּ 1 Samuel 18:21, 22, 23, 26, 27; with אֶת 1 Kings 3:1; Genesis 34:9 (P); with לְ 2 Chronicles 18:1, of marriage of Jehoshaphat's son and Ahab's daughter (compare 2 Kings 8:18 2 Chronicles 21:6).
2. in general form marriage-alliance with, with בְּ Deuteronomy 7:3; Joshua 23:12 (D), Ezra 9:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:9; 34:9

Exodus

3:1; 3:1; 4:18; 18:1; 18:1; 18:2; 18:5; 18:6; 18:6; 18:7; 18:8; 18:12; 18:14; 18:15; 18:17; 18:24; 18:27

Numbers

10:29

Deuteronomy

7:3; 7:3; 27:23

Joshua

23:12; 23:12

Judges

1:16; 4:11; 19:4; 19:7; 19:9

1 Samuel

18:21; 18:21; 18:22; 18:22; 18:23; 18:23; 18:26; 18:27

1 Kings

3:1; 3:1

2 Kings

8:18

2 Chronicles

18:1; 18:1; 21:6

Ezra

9:14

H2859

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Strong's Number H2859 matches the Hebrew חָתַן (ḥāṯan),
which occurs 33 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:9 - and intermarry with us. Give us your daughters, and take our daughters for your sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - And Moses was feeding the flock of Jothor his father-in-law, the priest of Madiam; and he brought the sheep nigh to the wilderness, and came to the mount of Choreb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18 - And Moses went and returned to Jothor his father-in-law, and says, I will go and return to my brethren in Egypt, and will see if they are yet living. And Jothor said to Moses, Go in health. And in those days after some time, the king of Egypt died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:1 - And Jothor the priest of Madiam, the father-in-law of Moses, heard of all that the Lord did to his people Israel; for the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:2 - And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, took Sepphora the wife of Moses after she had been sent away,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5 - And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses, and his sons and his wife, went forth to Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped on the mount of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:6 - And it was told Moses, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law Jothor is coming to thee, and thy wife and two sons with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7 - And Moses went forth to meet his father-in-law, and did him reverence, and kissed him, and they embraced each other, and he brought them into the tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:8 - And Moses related to his father-in-law all things that the Lord did to Pharao and all the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the labour that had befallen them in the way, and that the Lord had rescued them out of the hand of Pharao, and out of the hand of the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:12 - And Jothor the father-in-law of Moses took whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices for God, for Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:14 - And Jothor having seen all that Moses [fn]did to the people, says, What is this that thou doest to the people? wherefore sittest thou alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning till evening?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:15 - And Moses says to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to seek judgment from God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:17 - And the father-in-law of Moses said to him, Thou dost not this thing rightly,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:24 - And Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did whatsoever he said to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:27 - And Moses dismissed his father-in-law, and he returned to his own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:29 - And Moses said to Obab the son of Raguel the Madianite, the father-in-law of Moses, We are going forward to the place concerning which the Lord said, This will I give to you: Come with us, and we will do thee good, for the Lord has spoken good concerning Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:3 - neither shall ye contract marriages with them: thou shalt not give thy daughter to his son, and thou shalt not take his daughter to thy son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23 - Cursed is he that lies with his daughter-in-law: and all the people shall say, So be it. Cursed is he that lies with his wife's sister: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:12 - For if ye shall turn aside and attach yourselves to these nations that are left with you, and make marriages with them, and become mingled with them and they with you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:16 - And the children of Jothor the Kenite the father-in-law of Moses went up from the city of palm-trees with the children of Judas, to the wilderness that is in the south of Juda, which is at the descent of Arad, and they dwelt with the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:11 - And Chaber the Kenite had removed from Caina, from the sons of Jobab the father-in-law of Moses, and pitched his tent by the oak of the covetous ones, which is near Kedes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:4 - And his father-in-law, the father of the damsel, constrained him, and he staid with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:7 - And the man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law constrained him, and he staid and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - And the man rose up to depart, he and his concubine, and his young man; but his father-in-law the father of the damsel said to him, Behold now, the day has declined toward evening; lodge here, and let thy heart rejoice; and ye shall rise early to-morrow for your journey, and thou shalt go to thy habitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21 - And Saul said, I will give her to him, and she shall be a stumbling-block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - And Saul charged his servants, saying, Speak ye privately to David, saying, Behold, the king delights in thee, and all his servants love thee, and do thou become the king's son-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David; and David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to become son-in-law to the king? whereas I am an humble man, and not honourable?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26 - And the servants of Saul report these words to David, and David was well pleased to become the son-in-law to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:27 - And David arose, and went, he and his men, and smote among the Philistines a hundred men: and he brought their foreskins, and he becomes the king's son-in-law, and Saul gives him Melchol his daughter to wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:1 - And Josaphat had yet great wealth and glory, and he connected himself by marriage with the house of Achaab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - whereas we have repeatedly broken thy commandments, and intermarried with the people of the lands: be not very angry with us to our utter destruction, so that there should be no remnant or escaping one.
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