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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 - Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city—take them out of this place!

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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 had married his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city!” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:25 - Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it at Moses’[fn] feet, and said, “Surely you are a husband of blood to me!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:26 - So He let him go. Then she said, “You are a husband of blood!”—because of the circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:6 - Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” And they answered, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife and given her to his companion.” So the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:5 - Then it came to pass on the fourth day that they arose early in the morning, and he stood to depart; but the young woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 18:18

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:14 - So Ahimelech answered the king and said, “And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, who goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:27 - And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of Ahab, for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:18 - For many in Judah were pledged to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shechaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:28 - And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I drove him from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:5 - Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
And rejoices like a strong man to run its race.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 - I will greatly rejoice in the LORD,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:5 - For as a young man marries a virgin,
So shall your sons marry you;
And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
So shall your God rejoice over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:34 - “Then I will cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. For the land shall be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:9 - For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will cause to cease from this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:10 - ‘Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.

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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 and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say:

“Praise the LORD of hosts,
For the LORD is good,
For His mercy endures forever”—
and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,’ says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:16 - Gather the people,
Sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and nursing babes;
Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber,
And the bride from her dressing room.
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