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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.
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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 Box Gen 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:9 - And make marriages with us: give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - And Moses tended the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock behind the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God -- to Horeb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18 - And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, that I may see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:1 - And Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done to Moses, and to Israel his people; that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:2 - And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5 - And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came to Moses with his sons and his wife into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mountain of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:6 - And he sent word to Moses: I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come to thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7 - And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other after their welfare, and went into the tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:8 - And Moses told his father-in-law all that Jehovah had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake; all the trouble that had befallen them on the way, and how Jehovah had delivered them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:12 - And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law in the presence of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:14 - And Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did with the people, and said, What is this thing which thou art doing with the people? why dost thou sit alone, and all the people are standing by thee from morning to evening?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:15 - And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to enquire of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:17 - And Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou art doing is not good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:27 - And Moses sent away his father-in-law, and he departed into his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:29 - And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which Jehovah said, I will give it unto you: come with us, and we will do thee good; for Jehovah has spoken good concerning Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:3 - And thou shalt make no marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor take his daughter for thy son;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23 - Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law! And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:12 - For if ye in any wise go back, and cleave unto the residue of these nations, these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and come in unto them and they unto you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:16 - And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had gone up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:11 - (Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the oak of Zaannaim, which is by Kedesh.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:4 - And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him, and he abode with him three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - And the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant; and his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said to him, Behold now, the day draws toward evening -- I pray you stay all night; behold, the day is declining, lodge here, and let thy heart be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go to thy tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21 - And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - And Saul commanded his servants, Speak with David secretly, saying, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Is it a light thing in your eyes to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26 - And his servants told David these words; and the thing was right in David's sight to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:27 - when David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they delivered them in full to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:1 - And Solomon allied himself by marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had ended building his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:1 - And Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and he allied himself with Ahab by marriage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples of these abominations? wouldest thou not be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor any to escape?
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