Châthan — H2859

H2859 · Hebrew — חתן

Pronunciation: khaw-than'

Definition

verb

to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage

  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

Usually translated as

join in affinity, make marriages, father in law, mother in law, son in law

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Châthan occurs 28 times in 27 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (14), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (1), Judges (5), 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C