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Lexicon :: Strong's H2860 - ḥāṯān

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חָתָן
Transliteration
ḥāṯān
Pronunciation
khaw-thawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 781c

Strong’s Definitions

חָתָן châthân, khaw-thawn'; from H2859; a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal):—bridegroom, husband, son in law.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H2860 in the following manner: law (10x), bridegroom (8x), husband (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H2860 in the following manner: law (10x), bridegroom (8x), husband (2x).

  1. son-in-law, daughter's husband, bridegroom, husband

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָתָן châthân, khaw-thawn'; from H2859; a relative by marriage (especially through the bride); figuratively, a circumcised child (as a species of religious espousal):—bridegroom, husband, son in law.
STRONGS H2860: Abbreviations
† חָתָן noun masculine daughter's husband, bride-groom (as one who undergoes circumcision, see above; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic חַתְנָא, and Axn tfo (also sister's husband, etc.); vulgar Arabic خَتَنً daughter's husband, then more generally wife's and husband's relations; Sabean (Liḥyân) חֿתן daughter's husband DHMEpigr. Denkm. 87; Assyrian ḫatanu, daughter's husband COTGloss) — absolute ח׳ 1 Samuel 18:18 + 10 times + Genesis 19:12 (where read חֲתָנֶיךָ Greek Version of the LXX Ol Di); construct חֲתַן Exodus 4:23 + 4 times; suffix חֲתָנוֺ Judges 19:5; חֲתָנָיו Genesis 19:14 (twice in verse); —
1. in relation to a father, daughter's husband, or bridegroom Genesis 19:12, 14 (לֹקְחֵי בְּנֹתָיו ח׳), Genesis 19:14 (all J), Judges 15:6; Judges 19:5; 1 Samuel 18:18; 1 Samuel 22:14; Nehemiah 6:18; Nehemiah 13:28; see also חֲתַן בֵּית אַחְאָב 2 Kings 8:27 son-in-law of the house of Ahad, said of Ahaziah, whose mother Athaliah was the daughter of Ahab.
2. in relation to the bride, bridegroom דָּמִים אַתָּה לִי ח׳ Exodus 4:25 a bloody bridegroom art thou to me, compare Exodus 4:26 (J; on this see WeProl. 1886, 355); || כַּלָּה Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9; Jeremiah 25:10; Jeremiah 33:11; Joel 2:16; in simile of י׳'s work for and delight in his people Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 62:5; of sun Psalm 19:6.
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

19:12; 19:12; 19:14; 19:14; 19:14

Exodus

4:23; 4:25; 4:26

Judges

15:6; 19:5; 19:5

1 Samuel

18:18; 18:18; 22:14

2 Kings

8:27

Nehemiah

6:18; 13:28

Psalms

19:6

Isaiah

61:10; 62:5

Jeremiah

7:34; 16:9; 25:10; 33:11

Joel

2:16

H2860

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Strong's Number H2860 matches the Hebrew חָתָן (ḥāṯān),
which occurs 20 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:12 -

Then the two men said to Lot, “Whom else have you here? A son-in-law H2860, and your sons, and your daughters, and everyone you have in the city, bring them out of the place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:14 - And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law H2860, who [fn]were to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city.” But he appeared to his sons-in-law H2860 [fn]to be jesting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:25 - Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and touched [fn]his feet with it, and she said, “You are indeed a bridegroom H2860 of blood to me!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:26 - So He let him alone. At that time she said, “You are a bridegroom H2860 of blood” with reference to the circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:6 - Then the Philistines said, “Who did this?” And they said, “Samson, the son-in-law H2860 of the Timnite, because [fn]he took his wife and gave her to his companion.” So the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:5 - Now it happened on the fourth day that they got up early in the morning, and he arose to go; and the girl’s father said to his son-in-law H2860, “Sustain [fn]yourself with a piece of bread, and afterward you may go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:18 - But David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be the king’s son-in-law H2860?”

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Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the king’s son-in-law H2860, who [fn]is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:27 - He also walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, like the house of Ahab had done, because he was a son-in-law H2860 of the house of Ahab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - For many in Judah were sworn by oath to him because he was the son-in-law H2860 of Shecaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:28 - And even one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law H2860 of Sanballat the Horonite, so I made him flee away from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:5 -

Which is as a bridegroom H2860 coming out of his chamber;

It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 -

I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh;

My soul will rejoice in my God,

For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,

He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,

As a bridegroom H2860 decks himself with a headdress,

And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:5 -

For as a young man marries a virgin,

So your sons will marry you;

And as the [fn]bridegroom H2860 rejoices over the bride,

So your God will rejoice over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - “Then I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom H2860 and the voice of the bride, for the land will become a waste place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I am going to cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom H2860 and the voice of the bride.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - ‘Moreover, I will [fn]make the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom H2860 and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp, to perish from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom H2860 and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say,

“Give thanks to Yahweh of hosts,

For Yahweh is good,

For His lovingkindness endures forever”;

and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of Yahweh. For I will [fn]return the [fn]fortunes of the land as they were at first,’ says Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 -

Gather the people, set apart the congregation as holy,

Assemble the elders,

Gather the infants and the nursing babies.

Let the bridegroom H2860 come out of his room

And the bride out of her bridal chamber.

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