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Lexicon :: Strong's H2859 - ḥāṯan

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חָתַן
Transliteration
ḥāṯan
Pronunciation
khaw-than'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 781b

Strong’s Definitions

חָתַן châthan, khaw-than'; a primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage:—join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H2859 in the following manner: law (27x), affinity (3x), marriages (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H2859 in the following manner: law (27x), affinity (3x), marriages (3x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָתַן châthan, khaw-than'; a primitive root; to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriage:—join in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.
STRONGS H2859: Abbreviations
† חֹתֵן verbal noun.
1. masculine wife's father (Arabic خَاتِنً a circumciser, hence father-in-law, with reference to circumcision performed on young men just before marriage; خَتَنً relation on wife's side; see WeProl. 1886, 355 Anm, 1; Skizzen iii, 154 StaZAW 1886. 143 Aum. NöZMG 1886, 187; otherwise DlPr 91 LagBN 116) — construct חֹתֵן Exodus 18:1 + 9 times, חֹתֶנְךָ Exodus 18:6, חֹתְנוֺ Exodus 3:1 + 9 times; — usually of Moses' wife's father Exodus 3:1; Exodus 4:18; Exodus 18:1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 (twice in verse); Exodus 18:14; Exodus 18:15; Exodus 18:17; Exodus 18:24; Exodus 18:27 (all E), Numbers 10:29 (J), Judges 1:16; Judges 4:11; of a Levite Judges 19:4, 7, 9.
2. feminine wife's mother, only suffix חֹתַנְתּוֺ Deuteronomy 27:23.

† II. חתן verb denominative only
Hithp. make oneself a daughter's husband (Late Hebrew Hithp. id., Aramaic Ithpa. id.) — Perfect 2nd person masculine plural וְהִתְחַתַּנְתֶּם consecutive Joshua 23:12; Imperfect וַיִּתְחַתֵּן 1 Kings 3:1; 2 Chronicles 18:1; 2nd person masculine תִּתְחַתֵּן Deuteronomy 7:3; 1 Samuel 18:21; Imperative הִתְחַתֵּן 1 Samuel 18:22, הִתְחַתְּנוּ Genesis 34:9; Infinitive הִתְחַתֵּן 1 Samuel 18:23 + 3 times; —
1. make oneself daughter's husband (son-in-law) to, with בְּ 1 Samuel 18:21, 22, 23, 26, 27; with אֶת 1 Kings 3:1; Genesis 34:9 (P); with לְ 2 Chronicles 18:1, of marriage of Jehoshaphat's son and Ahab's daughter (compare 2 Kings 8:18 2 Chronicles 21:6).
2. in general form marriage-alliance with, with בְּ Deuteronomy 7:3; Joshua 23:12 (D), Ezra 9:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

34:9; 34:9

Exodus

3:1; 3:1; 4:18; 18:1; 18:1; 18:2; 18:5; 18:6; 18:6; 18:7; 18:8; 18:12; 18:14; 18:15; 18:17; 18:24; 18:27

Numbers

10:29

Deuteronomy

7:3; 7:3; 27:23

Joshua

23:12; 23:12

Judges

1:16; 4:11; 19:4; 19:7; 19:9

1 Samuel

18:21; 18:21; 18:22; 18:22; 18:23; 18:23; 18:26; 18:27

1 Kings

3:1; 3:1

2 Kings

8:18

2 Chronicles

18:1; 18:1; 21:6

Ezra

9:14

H2859

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Strong's Number H2859 matches the Hebrew חָתַן (ḥāṯan),
which occurs 33 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:9 - “Intermarry H2859 with us; give H5414 your daughters H1323 to us and take H3947 our daughters H1323 for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:1 - Now Moses H4872 was pasturing H7462 the flock H6629 of Jethro H3503 his father-in-law, H2859 the priest H3548 of Midian; H4080 and he led H5090 the flock H6629 to the [fn]west H310 side H310 of the wilderness H4057 and came H935 to Horeb, H2722 the mountain H2022 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18 - Then Moses H4872 departed H1980 and returned H7725 to [fn]Jethro H3500 his father-in-law H2859 and said H559 to him, “Please, H4994 let me go, H1980 that I may return H7725 to my brethren H251 who H834 are in Egypt, H4714 and see H7200 if they are still H5750 alive.” H2416 And Jethro H3503 said H559 to Moses, H4872 “Go H1980 in peace.” H7965

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:1 - Now Jethro, H3503 the priest H3548 of Midian, H4080 Moses’ H4872 father-in-law, H2859 heard H8085 of all H3605 that God H430 had done H6213 for Moses H4872 and for Israel H3478 His people, H5971 how H3588 the LORD H3068 had brought H3318 Israel H3478 out of Egypt. H4714

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:2 - Jethro, H3503 Moses’ H4872 father-in-law, H2859 took H3947 Moses’ H4872 wife H802 Zipporah, H6855 after H310 he had sent H7971 her away, H7971

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:5 - Then Jethro, H3503 Moses’ H4872 father-in-law, H2859 came H935 with his sons H1121 and his wife H802 to Moses H4872 [fn]in the wilderness H4057 where H834 H8033 he was camped, H2583 at the mount H2022 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:6 - He [fn]sent H559 word H559 to Moses, H4872 “I, your father-in-law H2859 Jethro, H3503 am coming H935 to you with your wife H802 and her two H8147 sons H1121 with her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7 - Then Moses H4872 went H3318 out to meet H7122 his father-in-law, H2859 and he bowed H7812 down H7812 and kissed H5401 him; and they asked H7592 each H376 other H7453 of their welfare H7965 and went H935 into the tent. H168

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:8 - Moses H4872 told H5608 his father-in-law H2859 all H3605 that the LORD H3068 had done H6213 to Pharaoh H6547 and to the Egyptians H4714 for Israel’s H3478 sake, H5921 H182 all H3605 the hardship H8513 that had befallen H4672 them on the journey, H1870 and how the LORD H3068 had delivered H5337 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:12 - Then Jethro, H3503 Moses’ H4872 father-in-law, H2859 took H3947 a burnt H5930 offering H5930 and sacrifices H2077 for God, H430 and Aaron H175 came H935 with all H3605 the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 to eat H398 [fn]a meal H3899 with Moses’ H4872 father-in-law H2859 before H6440 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:14 - Now when Moses’ H4872 father-in-law H2859 saw H7200 all H3605 that he was doing H6213 for the people, H5971 he said, H559 “What H4100 is this H2088 thing H1697 that you are doing H6213 for the people? H5971 Why H4069 do you alone H905 sit H3427 as judge and all H3605 the people H5971 stand H5324 about H5921 you from morning H1242 until H5704 evening?” H6153

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:15 - Moses H4872 said H559 to his father-in-law, H2859 “Because H3588 the people H5971 come H935 to me to inquire H1875 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:17 - Moses’ H4872 father-in-law H2859 said H559 to him, “The thing H1697 that you are doing H6213 is not good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:24 - So Moses H4872 listened H8085 [fn]to his father-in-law H2859 and did H6213 all H3605 that he had said. H559

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:27 - Then Moses H4872 [fn]bade H7971 his father-in-law H2859 farewell, H7971 and he went H1980 his way into his own land. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:29 - Then Moses H4872 said H559 to Hobab H2246 the son H1121 of Reuel H7467 the Midianite, H4084 Moses’ H4872 father-in-law, H2859 “We are setting H5265 out to the place H4725 of which H834 the LORD H3068 said, H559 ‘I will give H5414 it to you’; come H1980 with us and we will do H3190 you good, H3190 for the LORD H3068 has [fn]promised H1696 good H2896 concerning H5921 Israel.” H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:3 - “Furthermore, you shall not intermarry H2859 with them; you shall not give H5414 your [fn]daughters H1323 to [fn]their sons, H1121 nor H3808 shall you take H3947 [fn]their daughters H1323 for your [fn]sons. H1121

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23 - ‘Cursed H779 is he who lies H7901 with his mother-in-law.’ H2859 And all H3605 the people H5971 shall say, H559 ‘Amen.’ H543

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:12 - “For if H518 you ever H7725 go H7725 back H7725 and cling H1692 to the rest H3499 of these H428 nations, H1471 these H428 which remain H7604 among H854 you, and intermarry H2859 with them, so that you [fn]associate H935 with them and they with you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:16 - The [fn]descendants H1121 of the Kenite, H7017 Moses’ H4872 father-in-law, H2859 went H5927 up from the city H5892 of palms H8558 with the sons H1121 of Judah, H3063 to the wilderness H4057 of Judah H3063 which H834 is in the south H5045 of Arad; H6166 and they went H1980 and lived H3427 with the people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:11 - Now Heber H2268 the Kenite H7017 had separated H6504 himself from the Kenites, H7014 from the sons H1121 of Hobab H2246 the father-in-law H2859 of Moses, H4872 and had pitched H5186 his tent H168 as far H5704 away as the [fn]oak H436 in Zaanannim, H6815 which H834 is near H854 Kedesh. H6943

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:4 - His father-in-law, H2859 the girl’s H5291 father, H1 detained H2388 him; and he remained H3427 with him three H7969 days. H3117 So they ate H398 and drank H8354 and lodged H3885 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:7 - Then the man H376 arose H6965 to go, H1980 but his father-in-law H2859 urged H6484 him so that he spent H3885 the night H3885 there H8033 again. H7725

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - When the man H376 arose H6965 to go H1980 along with his concubine H6370 and servant, H5288 his father-in-law, H2859 the girl’s H5291 father, H1 said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 now, H4994 the day H3117 has drawn H7503 [fn]to a close; H6150 please H4994 spend H3885 the night. H3885 Lo, H2009 the day H3117 is [fn]coming H2583 to an end; H2583 spend H3885 the night H3885 here H6311 that your heart H3824 may be merry. H3190 Then tomorrow H4279 you may arise H7925 early H7925 for your journey H1870 so that you may go H1980 [fn]home.” H168

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:21 - Saul H7586 thought, H559 “I will give H5414 her to him that she may become H1961 a snare H4170 to him, and that the hand H3027 of the Philistines H6430 may be against him.” Therefore Saul H7586 said H559 to David, H1732 “For a second H8147 time H8147 you may be my son-in-law H2859 today.” H3117

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:22 - Then Saul H7586 commanded H6680 his servants, H5650 “Speak H1696 to David H1732 secretly, H3909 saying, H559 ‘Behold, H2009 the king H4428 delights H2654 in you, and all H3605 his servants H5650 love H157 you; now H6258 therefore, become H2859 the king’s H4428 son-in-law.’” H2859

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - So Saul’s H7586 servants H5650 spoke H1696 these H428 words H1697 [fn]to David. H1732 But David H1732 said, H559 “Is it trivial H7043 in your sight H5869 to become H2859 the king’s H4428 son-in-law, H2859 since I am H7326 a poor H7326 man H376 and lightly H7034 esteemed?” H7034

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26 - When his servants H5650 told H5046 David H1732 these H428 words, H1697 [fn]it pleased H3474 H5869 David H1732 to become H2859 the king’s H4428 son-in-law. H2859 [fn]Before the days H3117 had expired H4390

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:27 - David H1732 rose H6965 up and went, H1980 he and his men, H376 and struck H5221 down H5221 two hundred H3967 men H376 among the Philistines. H6430 Then David H1732 brought H935 their foreskins, H6190 and they gave H4390 them in full H4390 number to the king, H4428 that he might become H2859 the king’s H4428 son-in-law. H2859 So Saul H7586 gave H5414 him Michal H4324 his daughter H1323 for a wife. H802

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:1 - Then Solomon H8010 [fn]formed H2859 a marriage H2859 alliance H2859 with Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt, H4714 and took H3947 Pharaoh’s H6547 daughter H1323 and brought H935 her to the city H5892 of David H1732 until H5704 he had finished H3615 building H1129 his own house H1004 and the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 and the wall H2346 around H5439 Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:1 - Now Jehoshaphat H3092 had H1961 great H7230 riches H6239 and honor; H3519 and he allied H2859 himself by marriage H2859 with Ahab. H256

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - shall we again H7725 break H6565 Your commandments H4687 and intermarry H2859 with the peoples H5971 [fn]who commit these H428 abominations? H8441 Would You not be angry H599 with us [fn]to the point H5704 of destruction, H3615 until H5704 there H369 is no H369 remnant H7611 nor H369 any who escape? H6413
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