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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.
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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 Box Gen 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:12 - The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:14 - So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry[fn] his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:25 - But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it.[fn] “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:26 - So the LORD let him alone. (At that time she said “bridegroom of blood,” referring to circumcision.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:6 - When the Philistines asked, “Who did this?” they were told, “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because his wife was given to his companion.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:5 - On the fourth day they got up early and he prepared to leave, but the woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh yourself with something to eat; then you can go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - Ahimelek answered the king, “Who of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:27 - He followed the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was related by marriage to Ahab’s family.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - For many in Judah were under oath to him, since he was son-in-law to Shekaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:28 - One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. And I drove him away from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:5 - It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 - I delight greatly in the LORD; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:5 - As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, for the land will become desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride and bridegroom in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:11 - the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, saying, “Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good; his love endures forever.” For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,’ says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 - Gather the people, consecrate the assembly; bring together the elders, gather the children, those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride her chamber.
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