H2859 חָתַן
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 33 KJV occurrences
חָתַן
châthan · khaw-than'
Definition
to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage
KJV Renderings
join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 33)
- Genesis 34:9And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you.
- Exodus 18:2Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
- Exodus 18:8And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto 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.
- Exodus 18:15And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
- Numbers 10:29¶ And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
- Judges 1:16¶ And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ 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.
- Judges 19:9And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.
- 1 Samuel 18:26And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.