γαμέω, 
-ῶ; imperfect 
ἐγάμουν (
Luke 17:27); 1 aorist 
ἔγημα (the classic form [
Matthew 22:25 L T Tr WH]; Luke 14:20; 
1 Corinthians 7:28a R G, 28
b) and 
ἐγάμησα (the later form, 
Matthew 5:32; [
Matthew 22:25 R G]; 
Mark 6:17; 
Mark 10:11; 
1 Corinthians 7:9, (
1 Corinthians 7:28a L T Tr WH], 33); perfect 
γεγάμηκα; 1 aorist passive 
ἐγαμήθην; (cf. Winers Grammar, 84 (80); Buttmann, 55 (48); 
Bttm. Ausf. Spr. ii. 134; 
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 742; [Veitch, under the word]);
    
1. used of the man, as in Greek writings from Homer down, 
to lead in marriage, take to wife;
    
a. with the addition of 
γυναῖκα or other accusative: 
Matthew 5:32 [here WH brackets the clause]; 
Matthew 19:9; 
Mark 6:17; 
Mark 10:11; 
Luke 14:20; 
Luke 16:18.
    
b. without a case, absolutely 
to get married, to marry, [cf. Buttmann, 145 (127)]: 
Matthew 19:10; 
Matthew 22:25, 
30; 
Matthew 24:38; 
Mark 12:25; 
Luke 17:27; 
Luke 20:34; 
1 Corinthians 7:28, 
33; (Aelian v. h. 4, 1; 
οἱ γεγαμηκότες, Xenophon, Cyril 1, 2, 4; opposed to 
ἄγαμοι, Xenophon, symp. 9, 7). Passive and middle 
γαμέομαί τινι, of women [Latin 
nubere alicui, cf. Buttmann, § 133, 8], 
to give oneself in marriage [Winer's Grammar, § 38, 3]: 1 aorist passive, 
Mark 10:12 (where 
L T Tr WH γαμήσῃ ἄλλον for R G 
γαμηθῇ ἄλλῳ); 
1 Corinthians 7:39.
    
2. contrary to Greek usage, the active 
γαμεῖν is used of women, 
to give oneself in marriage; and
    
a. with the accusative: 
Mark 10:12 L T Tr WH (see above);
    
b. absolutely: 
1 Corinthians 7:28, 
34: (
ἡ γαμήσασα, opposed to 
ἡ ἄγαμος); 
1 Timothy 5:11, 
14.
    
3. absolutely of both sexes: 
1 Timothy 4:3; 
1 Corinthians 7:9f, 
36 (
γαμείτωσαν, namely, the virgin and he who seeks her to wife). In the 
O. T. γαμεῖν occurs only in 2 Macc. 14:25.
 
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