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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 ye 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 - Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even 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, and 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 - When Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses's father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:2 - Then Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took Zipporah Moses's 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's father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:6 - And he said to Moses, I thy father-in-law Jethro have 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 of their welfare: and they came 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 the LORD had done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:12 - And Jethro, Moses's 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's father-in-law before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:14 - And when Moses's father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? Why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand 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 inquire of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:24 - So 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 let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:29

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:3 - Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give to his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take to 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 - Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave to the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and associate with them, and they with you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:11 - Now Heber the Kenite, who was of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent to the plain of Zaanaim, 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: so they ate and drank, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - And when the man arose to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said to him, Behold now the day draweth towards evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day is coming to an end, lodge here, that thy heart may be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath 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, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a 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 when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law: and the days had not expired.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:1 - And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:1 - Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.

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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 people of these abominations? wouldst thou not be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?
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