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Lexicon :: Strong's G1062 - gamos

Aa
γάμος
Transliteration
gamos (Key)
Pronunciation
gam'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:648,111

Strong’s Definitions

γάμος gámos, gam'-os; of uncertain affinity; nuptials:—marriage, wedding.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G1062 in the following manner: marriage (9x), wedding (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G1062 in the following manner: marriage (9x), wedding (7x).

  1. a wedding or marriage festival, a wedding banquet, a wedding feast

  2. marriage, matrimony

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
γάμος gámos, gam'-os; of uncertain affinity; nuptials:—marriage, wedding.
STRONGS G1062:
γάμος, -ου, ὁ, [probably from the root, gam, to bind, unite; Curtius, p. 546f], as in Greek writings from Homer down;
1. a wedding or marriage-festival: John 2:1; Revelation 19:7 (under the figure of a marriage here is represented the intimate and everlasting union of Christ, at his return from heaven, with his church); τὸ δεῖπνον τοῦ γάμου, Revelation 19:9 (a symbol of the future blessings of the Messiah's kingdom); especially a wedding-banquet, a marriage-feast: Matthew 22:8, 10 [here T WH Tr marginal reading νυμφών], Matthew 22:11, 12; plural (referring apparently to the several acts of feasting), Matthew 22:2ff, Matthew 22:9; Matthew 25:10; Luke 12:36; Luke 14:8 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, 23 (21)).
2. marriage, matrimony: Hebrews 13:4.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
22:2; 22:8; 22:9; 22:10; 22:11; 22:12; 25:10
Luke
12:36; 14:8
John
2:1
Hebrews
13:4
Revelation
19:7; 19:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1062 matches the Greek γάμος (gamos),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:2 - The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:3 - And sent out his servants to get in the guests to the feast: and they would not come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:4 - Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:8 - Then he said to his servants, The feast is ready but the guests were not good enough.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:9 - Go then to the cross-roads, and get all those whom you see to come to the bride-feast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:10 - And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:11 - But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:12 - And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:10 - And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:36 - And be like men who are looking for their lord, when he comes back from the bride-feast; so that when he comes to the door, it will be open to him quickly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:8 - When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:1 - On the third day two people were going to be married at Cana in Galilee. The mother of Jesus was there:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:2 - And Jesus with his disciples came as guests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:4 - Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:7 - Let us be glad with delight, and let us give glory to him: because the time is come for the Lamb to be married, and his wife has made herself ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:9 - And he said to me, Put in the book, Happy are the guests at the bride-feast of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true words of God.
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